2 Chronicles 4:20

2 Chronicles 4:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
• New International Version (NIV)the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
• English Standard Version (ESV)the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;
• New King James Version (NKJV)the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,

Context of 2 Chronicles 4:20

18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be known. 19And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables on which the showbread was set ; Moreover the lampstands with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; 21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; 22And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

2 Chronicles 4:20 word by word

וְאֶת־הַמְּנֹר֞וֹת וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶ֗ם לְבַעֲרָ֧ם כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט לִפְנֵ֥י הַדְּבִ֖יר זָהָ֥ב סָגֽוּר׃Read the interlinear

• lampstandsמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
• lampsנֵרnîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh · lampH5216
• burnבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
• mannerמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: ruleH4941
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• sanctuaryדְּבִירdebîyr debir · hindmost chamberH1687
• pureסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:20

• 2 Chronicles 4:7And he made ten lampstands of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
• Exodus 25:31And thou shalt make a lampstand of pure gold: of beaten work shall the lampstand be made: its shaft, and its branches, its bowls, its knobs, and its flowers, shall be of the same.
• Exodus 27:20And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring the pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
• 1 Kings 6:5And against the wall of the house he built chambers all around, against the walls of the house all around, both of the temple and of the inner sanctuary: and he made chambers all around:
• 1 Kings 8:6And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
• Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to thee, when I lift my hands toward thy holy oracle.

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 4:20

• Candlestick
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Lamp
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• Genealogy
• Lamp; Lampstand

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