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2 Chronicles 4:7 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 4 · verse 7
And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.2 Chronicles 4:7 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 4:7 in context
5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
6He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
7And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
8He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- candlesticksmᵉnôwrâha chandelierH4501 →
- templehêykâla large public building, such as a palace or templeH1964 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- goldzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- formmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- fivechâmêshfiveH2568 →
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David often speaks with much affection both of the house of the Lord and of the courts of our God. Both without doors and within there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10