2 Chronicles 4:21
in 2 Chronicles 4the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;
KJV
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd the flowers, and the lamps - Probably each branch of the chandelier was made like a plant in flower, and the opening of the flower was either the lamp, or served to support it.
This site's exposition
the golden altar also, and the tables
on 2 Chronicles 4:19-22
The record narrows from brass to gold for the house itself: the golden altar, the tables for the shewbread again multiplied beyond the tabernacle's one, the candlesticks and their lamps, and down to the tongs, snuffers, basons, spoons and censers, all of pure gold. Even the doors of the most holy place and of the temple are overlaid in gold, so that nothing between the brass altar in the court and the innermost door is left unadorned. Barnes notes that Kings names only a single table while Chronicles' plural implies as many as ten, matching the ten candlesticks of verse seven.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַפֶּ֧רַח | vehaperach | and the blossom | H6525 → | |
| וְהַנֵּר֛וֹת | vehanerot | and the lamps | H5216 → | 49 times |
| וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִם | vehamelkachayim | and the tongs | H4457 → | |
| זָהָ֑ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מִכְל֥וֹת | mikhlot | [was] perfection<s> of | H4357 → | |
| זָהָֽב׃ | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
וְהַפֶּ֧רַחand the blossom
vehaperachH6525 →
וְהַנֵּר֛וֹתand the lamps
vehanerotH5216 →49 times
וְהַמֶּלְקַחַ֖יִםand the tongs
vehamelkachayimH4457 →
זָהָ֑בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
ה֖וּאit
hu'H1931 →1879 times
מִכְל֥וֹת[was] perfection<s> of
mikhlotH4357 →
זָהָֽב׃gold
zahavH2091 →389 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
2 Chronicles 4:5It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:26
It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
- 1 Kings 7:26
Through
1 Kings 6:29Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:32
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
- Revelation 5:11–14
Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Revelation 7:9
After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes…
- Ephesians 3:10
His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
- Exodus 36:8
All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into…
- 1 Kings 6:32
Through
1 Kings 6:18The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:24
Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- 1 Kings 7:24
Through
Exodus 37:20And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 1:11
And the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” “I see a branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
- Jeremiah 1:11
About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament.
