New English Translation
2 Chronicles 4:8
8He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.
2 Chronicles 4:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
- New International Version (NIV)He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold.
Context of 2 Chronicles 4:8
6He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in “The Sea.” 7He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls. 9He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze. 10He put “The Sea” on the south side, in the southeast corner.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 42 Chronicles 4:8 word by word
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ שֻׁלְחָנוֹת֮ עֲשָׂרָה֒ וַיַּנַּח֙ בַּֽהֵיכָ֔ל חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה מִיָּמִ֖ין וַחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה מִשְּׂמֹ֑אול וַיַּ֛עַשׂ מִזְרְקֵ֥י זָהָ֖ב מֵאָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- also tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
- tablesשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
- and placedיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
- in the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964
- fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
- on the right sideיָמִיןyâmîyn · right: southH3225
- on the leftשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · left: northH8040
- an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- basonsמִזְרָקmizrâq · bowlH4219
- of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:8
- Exodus 25:23“You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.
- Exodus 37:10He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.
- 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all these items for the Lord’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,
- Isaiah 25:6The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine – tender meat and choicest wine.
- Ezekiel 44:16They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge.
- Malachi 1:12“But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable.
- 1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons.
- Jeremiah 52:18They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.
- Zechariah 14:20On that day the bells of the horses will bear the inscription “Holy to the Lord.” The cooking pots in the Lord’s temple will be as holy as the bowls in front of the altar.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8A hundred basons of gold - These were doubtless a sort of paterae or sacrificial spoons, with which they made libations.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The number of the tables (see 2 Chronicles 4:19) and of the basins, is additional to the information contained in Kings.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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