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2 Chronicles 4:21

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Flowers;   Gold;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Tongs;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Tongs;  

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;
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

11 And Hiram made caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls: and finished all the king’s work the house of God: 12 That is to say, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters, and the network, to cover the chapiters over the pommels. 13 And four hundred pomegranates, and two wreaths of network, so that two rows of pomegranates were joined to each wreath, to cover the pommels, and the chapiters of the pillars. 14 He made also bases, and lavers, which he set upon the bases: 15 One sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; 16 And the caldrons, and fleshhooks, and bowls. All the vessels did Hiram his father make for Solomon in the house of the Lord of the finest brass. 17 In the country near the Jordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground between Sochot and Saredatha. 18 And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known. 19 And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, upon which were the loaves of proposition, 20 The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

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

Cross-References

Genesis 4:11
Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand.
Genesis 4:12
When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.
Genesis 31:27
Why wouldst thou run away privately, and not acquaint me, that I might have brought thee on the way with joy, and with songs, and with timbrels, and with harps?
Job 21:12
They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
Isaiah 5:12
The harp, and the lyre, and, the timbrel and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
Amos 6:5
You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;

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.


 
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