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1 Kings 7:50

in 1 Kings 7

the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, of gold.

KJV

And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.

This verse in 1 Kings 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Of the Temple of Solomon 2.25.1 · Written before 735.

proposed

If the doors of the inner house of the Holy of Holies are the ministries of angels that unlock the entrance to celestial life for us when we have left the body, and [if] the doors of the house of the temple are the holy …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), that every thing might be alike magnificent, and bespeak Solomon's generosity. Some suggest that every thing was made thus splendid in God's temple to keep the people from idolatry, for none of the idol-temples were so rich and fine as this: but how little the expedient availed the event showed.

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The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְ֠הַסִּפּוֹתand the basins

    vehassipotH5592 →

  • וְהַֽמְזַמְּר֧וֹתand the snuffers

    vehamzamerotH4212 →

  • וְהַמִּזְרָק֛וֹתand the bowls

    vehamizrakotH4219 →32 times

  • וְהַכַּפּ֥וֹתand the pans

    vehakkapotH3709 →192 times

  • וְהַמַּחְתּ֖וֹתand the fire-pans

    vehamachtotH4289 →

  • זָהָ֣בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • סָג֑וּרpure gold

    sagurH5462 →91 times

  • וְהַפֹּת֡וֹתand the sockets

    vehapototH6596 →

  • לְדַלְתוֹת֩for [the] doors of

    ledaltotH1817 →88 times

  • הַבַּ֨יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • הַפְּנִימִ֜י<the> inner

    hapenimiH6442 →32 times

  • לְקֹ֣דֶשׁto [the] holy place of

    lekodeshH6944 →469 times

  • הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗יםthe holy places

    hakodashimH6944 →469 times

  • לְדַלְתֵ֥יfor [the] doors of

    ledalteiH1817 →88 times

  • הַבַּ֛יִתthe house

    habayitH1004 →2046 times

  • לַהֵיכָ֖לof the temple

    laheikhalH1964 →80 times

  • זָהָֽב׃ פgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Leviticus 16:12

    Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 30:34–38

      The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

    • Leviticus 10:1

      Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.

    • Revelation 8:3–4

      Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…

    • Numbers 16:46

      Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the…

    • Isaiah 6:6–7

      Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a glowing coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

  • Through

    Exodus 25:29

    You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 4:7

      Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread…

    • Exodus 37:16

      He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

  • Through

    Exodus 27:3

    Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 7:45

      and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Kings

The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.
The visit of the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon, Sir Edward John Poynter, 1890. Public domain.

This page draws on Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 2.25.1; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.