2 Chronicles 4:22
in 2 Chronicles 4the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold. And as for the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, were of gold.
KJV
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThe doors - were of gold - That is, were overlaid with golden plates, the thickness of which we do not know. That every thing in the tabernacle and temple was typical or representative of some excellence of the Gospel dispensation may be readily credited, without going into all the detail produced by the pious author of Solomon’s Temple Spiritualized.
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 record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The entry of the house - The text is, by some, corrected by 1Ki 7:50, “the hinges” of the doors of the house, etc.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַֽמְזַמְּר֧וֹת | vehamzamerot | and the snuffers | H4212 → | |
| וְהַמִּזְרָק֛וֹת | vehamizrakot | and the bowls | H4219 → | 32 times |
| וְהַכַּפּ֥וֹת | vehakkapot | and the pans | H3709 → | 192 times |
| וְהַמַּחְתּ֖וֹת | vehamachtot | and the fire-pans | H4289 → | |
| זָהָ֣ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| סָג֑וּר | sagur | pure gold | H5462 → | 91 times |
| וּפֶ֣תַח | ufetach | and [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| הַ֠בַּיִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| דַּלְתוֹתָ֨יו | daltotav | doors its | H1817 → | 88 times |
| הַפְּנִימִיּ֜וֹת | hapenimiyot | <the> inner | H6442 → | |
| לְקֹ֣דֶשׁ | lekodesh | to [the] holy place of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים | hakodashim | the holy places | H6944 → | 469 times |
| וְדַלְתֵ֥י | vedaltei | and [the] doors of | H1817 → | 88 times |
| הַבַּ֛יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לַהֵיכָ֖ל | laheikhal | of the temple | H1964 → | 80 times |
| זָהָֽב׃ | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
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
וּפֶ֣תַחand [the] entrance of
ufetachH6607 →164 times
הַ֠בַּיִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
דַּלְתוֹתָ֨יוdoors its
daltotavH1817 →88 times
הַפְּנִימִיּ֜וֹת<the> inner
hapenimiyotH6442 →
לְקֹ֣דֶשׁto [the] holy place of
lekodeshH6944 →469 times
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗יםthe holy places
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
וְדַלְתֵ֥יand [the] doors of
vedalteiH1817 →88 times
הַבַּ֛יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
לַהֵיכָ֖לof the temple
laheikhalH1964 →80 times
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 Kings 25:14They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:47–50
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- 2 Chronicles 24:14
When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the…
- 2 Chronicles 4:20–22
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
- Exodus 27:3
Through
Jeremiah 52:18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
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.
- Numbers 4:14
and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine…
- 1 Kings 7:40
Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:
- 1 Kings 7:45
Through
Exodus 37:23He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
it leads to
- Revelation 5:5
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Revelation 5:5
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).
