2 Chronicles 4:20
in 2 Chronicles 4the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
KJV
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God
on 2 Chronicles 4:19-22
The record narrows from bronze to gold for the house itself: the golden altar, the tables for the Bread of the Presence, the lampstands. Barnes notes that 1 Kings 7:48 names a single table where the plural here matches the ten tables of verse 8.
This site's exposition
in front of the inner sanctuary
The lamps burned in the Holy Place, facing the entrance to the Most Holy Place. Barnes reads as prescribed together with the manner of the lampstands in verse 7, the order set in the law of Moses. Their pure gold marked them as furniture of the house itself.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמְּנֹר֞וֹת | hamenorot | the lampstands | H4501 → | 42 times |
| וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶ֗ם | veneroteihem | and lamps their | H5216 → | 49 times |
| לְבַעֲרָ֧ם | levaaram | to burn they | H1197 → | 94 times |
| כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט | kamishpat | according to the ordinance | H4941 → | 422 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַדְּבִ֖יר | hadevir | the innermost room | H1687 → | 16 times |
| זָהָ֥ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| סָגֽוּר׃ | sagur | pure gold | H5462 → | 91 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמְּנֹר֞וֹתthe lampstands
hamenorotH4501 →42 times
וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶ֗םand lamps their
veneroteihemH5216 →49 times
לְבַעֲרָ֧םto burn they
levaaramH1197 →94 times
כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֛טaccording to the ordinance
kamishpatH4941 →422 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
הַדְּבִ֖ירthe innermost room
hadevirH1687 →16 times
זָהָ֥בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
סָגֽוּר׃pure gold
sagurH5462 →91 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Psalms 28:2Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
it leads to
- Psalms 138:2
I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
- Psalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- Psalms 140:6
I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
- 1 Timothy 2:8
Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- Psalms 5:7
But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
- Psalms 138:2
Through
1 Kings 6:5Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:16
He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
- 1 Kings 6:16
Through
1 Kings 8:6Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:27
And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub…
- 1 Kings 6:19
Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
- 1 Kings 6:27
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament and Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869).
