New International Version
2 Chronicles 4:8
8He 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)He also built ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five along the south wall and five along the north wall. Then he molded 100 gold basins.
Context of 2 Chronicles 4:8
6He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing. 7He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. 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. 9He made the courtyard of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze. 10He placed the Sea on the south side, at 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“Make a table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 37:10They made the table of acacia wood—two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high.
- 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the Lord’s temple: the golden altar; the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;
- Isaiah 25:6On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.
- Ezekiel 44:16They alone are to enter my sanctuary; they alone are to come near my table to minister before me and serve me as guards.
- Malachi 1:12“But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food is contemptible.’
- 1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
- Jeremiah 52:18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.
- Zechariah 14:20On that day Holy to the Lord will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the sacred 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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