2 Chronicles 4:21

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
the flowers, lamps, and gold tongs—of purest gold;

Hebrew Names Version
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

King James Version
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

English Standard Version
the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;

New Century Version
the flowers, lamps, and tongs of pure gold;

New English Translation
the pure gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

Amplified Bible
the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest gold;

New American Standard Bible
the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, that is, of purest gold;

World English Bible
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the floures and the lampes, and the snuffers of gold, which was fine golde.

Legacy Standard Bible
and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs of gold, of purest gold;

Berean Standard Bible
the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold-of purest gold;

Contemporary English Version
flower designs, lamps and tongs,

Complete Jewish Bible
the flowers, lamps and tongs of gold, solid gold;

Darby Translation
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold (it was perfect gold);

Easy-to-Read Version
He used pure gold to make the flowers, lamps, and tongs.

George Lamsa Translation
And the flowers and the lamps and the tongs made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

Good News Translation
the flower decorations, the lamps, and the tongs;

Lexham English Bible
and the blossoms, the lamps, and the tongs that were of solid gold;

Literal Translation
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold (it was perfect gold);

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and the floures and the lampes and the snoffers were of golde, all these were of pure golde.

American Standard Version
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

Bible in Basic English
The flowers and the vessels for the lights and the instruments used for them, were all of gold; it was the best gold.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the floures, and the lampes, and the snoffers made he of golde, and that perfect golde.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

King James Version (1611)
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs made he of golde, and that perfect gold.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their snuffers, and their lamps were made, and he made the bowls, and the censers, and the fire-pans, of pure gold.

English Revised Version
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he made summe werkis lijk flouris, and lanternes, and goldun tongis; alle thingis weren maad of clennest gold;

Update Bible Version
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made he of] gold, [and] that perfect gold;

New King James Version
with the flowers and the lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold, of purest gold;

New Living Translation
the flower decorations, lamps, and tongs—all of the purest gold;

New Life Bible
He made the flowers, the lamps and their objects of pure gold.

New Revised Standard
the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the blossom-work, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, - the same, was the purest gold;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden tongs: all were made of the finest gold.

Revised Standard Version
the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold;

Young's Literal Translation
and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold -- it [is] the perfection of gold;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest gold;

Contextual Overview

¹¹He also made ash buckets, shovels, and bowls. And that about wrapped it up: Huram completed the work he had contracted to do for King Solomon: two pillars; two bowl-shaped capitals for the tops of the pillars; two decorative filigrees for the capitals; four hundred pomegranates for the filigrees (a double row of pomegranates for each filigree); ten washstands with their basins; one Sea and the twelve bulls under it; miscellaneous buckets, forks, shovels, and bowls. All these artifacts that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for The Temple of God were made of burnished bronze. The king had them cast in clay in a foundry on the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarethan. These artifacts were never weighed—there were far too many! Nobody has any idea how much bronze was used. Solomon was also responsible for the furniture and accessories in The Temple of God: the gold Altar; the tables that held the Bread of the Presence; the Lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to be lighted before the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs (all solid gold); the gold wick trimmers, bowls, ladles, and censers; the gold doors of The Temple, doors to the Holy of Holies, and the doors to the main sanctuary. ¹⁷Temple Furnishings He made the Bronze Altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and ten feet high. He made a Sea—an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen feet in diameter, seven and a half feet high, and forty-five feet in circumference. Just under the rim, there were two parallel bands of something like bulls, ten to each foot and a half. The figures were cast in one piece with the Sea. The Sea was set on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. All the bulls faced outward and supported the Sea on their hindquarters. The Sea was three inches thick and flared at the rim like a cup, or a lily. It held about 18,000 gallons. He made ten Washbasins, five set on the right and five on the left, for rinsing the things used for the Whole-Burnt-Offerings. The priests washed themselves in the Sea. He made ten gold Lampstands, following the specified pattern, and placed five on the right and five on the left. He made ten tables and set five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred gold bowls. He built a Courtyard especially for the priests and then the great court and doors for the court. The doors were covered with bronze. He placed the Sea on the right side of The Temple at the southeast corner. He also made ash buckets, shovels, and bowls. And that about wrapped it up: Huram completed the work he had contracted to do for King Solomon: two pillars; two bowl-shaped capitals for the tops of the pillars; two decorative filigrees for the capitals; four hundred pomegranates for the filigrees (a double row of pomegranates for each filigree); ten washstands with their basins; one Sea and the twelve bulls under it; miscellaneous buckets, forks, shovels, and bowls. All these artifacts that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for The Temple of God were made of burnished bronze. The king had them cast in clay in a foundry on the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarethan. These artifacts were never weighed—there were far too many! Nobody has any idea how much bronze was used. Solomon was also responsible for the furniture and accessories in The Temple of God: the gold Altar; the tables that held the Bread of the Presence; the Lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to be lighted before the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs (all solid gold); the gold wick trimmers, bowls, ladles, and censers; the gold doors of The Temple, doors to the Holy of Holies, and the doors to the main sanctuary. ¹⁸Temple Furnishings He made the Bronze Altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and ten feet high. He made a Sea—an immense round basin of cast metal fifteen feet in diameter, seven and a half feet high, and forty-five feet in circumference. Just under the rim, there were two parallel bands of something like bulls, ten to each foot and a half. The figures were cast in one piece with the Sea. The Sea was set on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. All the bulls faced outward and supported the Sea on their hindquarters. The Sea was three inches thick and flared at the rim like a cup, or a lily. It held about 18,000 gallons. He made ten Washbasins, five set on the right and five on the left, for rinsing the things used for the Whole-Burnt-Offerings. The priests washed themselves in the Sea. He made ten gold Lampstands, following the specified pattern, and placed five on the right and five on the left. He made ten tables and set five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred gold bowls. He built a Courtyard especially for the priests and then the great court and doors for the court. The doors were covered with bronze. He placed the Sea on the right side of The Temple at the southeast corner. He also made ash buckets, shovels, and bowls. And that about wrapped it up: Huram completed the work he had contracted to do for King Solomon: two pillars; two bowl-shaped capitals for the tops of the pillars; two decorative filigrees for the capitals; four hundred pomegranates for the filigrees (a double row of pomegranates for each filigree); ten washstands with their basins; one Sea and the twelve bulls under it; miscellaneous buckets, forks, shovels, and bowls. All these artifacts that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for The Temple of God were made of burnished bronze. The king had them cast in clay in a foundry on the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarethan. These artifacts were never weighed—there were far too many! Nobody has any idea how much bronze was used. ¹⁹Solomon was also responsible for the furniture and accessories in The Temple of God: the gold Altar; the tables that held the Bread of the Presence; the Lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to be lighted before the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs (all solid gold); the gold wick trimmers, bowls, ladles, and censers; the gold doors of The Temple, doors to the Holy of Holies, and the doors to the main sanctuary.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the flowers: 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. 2 Chronicles 4:5, Exodus 25:31-40, Exodus 37:20, 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:29, 1 Kings 6:35

perfect gold: Heb. perfections of gold, That is, the purest and best gold.

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:38 - the tongs 1 Kings 7:50 - censers Ezra 1:9 - chargers of gold

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 4:21. And 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.