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Young's Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 4:8

And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Basin;   Bowl;   Thompson Chain Reference - Basins;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Basin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shewbread;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Basin;   Table;   Vessels and Utensils;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bason;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Holy Place;   Shewbread, Table of;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Showbread;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made ten tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
Hebrew Names Version
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
King James Version
He 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.
English Standard Version
He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
New Century Version
He made ten tables and put them in the Temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he used gold to make a hundred other bowls.
New English Translation
He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.
Amplified Bible
He made also ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left side, and he made a hundred [ceremonial] basins of gold.
New American Standard Bible
He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls.
World English Bible
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he made ten tables, & put them in the Temple, fiue on the right hand, & fiue on the left: and he made an hundreth basens of golde.
Legacy Standard Bible
He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred golden bowls.
Berean Standard Bible
Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
Contemporary English Version
He also made ten tables and placed them in the main room, five on each side. And he made a hundred small gold sprinkling bowls.
Complete Jewish Bible
He also made ten tables and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
Darby Translation
And he made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls.
Easy-to-Read Version
He made ten tables and put them in the Temple. Five tables were on the right side and five tables on the left side in the Temple. And he used gold to make 100 basins.
George Lamsa Translation
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of fine gold.
Lexham English Bible
And he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north. And he made a hundred drinking bowls of gold.
Literal Translation
He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he made a hundred basins of gold.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And made ten tables, and set them in the temple: fyue on the righte hande, and fyue on the lefte. And made an hundreth basens of golde.
American Standard Version
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
Bible in Basic English
He made ten tables, and put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred gold basins.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made also ten tables, and put them in the temple, fiue on the right side, and fiue on the left: And he made an hundred basens of golde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
King James Version (1611)
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the Temple, fiue on the right side, and fiue on the left: and hee made an hundred basens of gold.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he made ten tables, and put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left: and he made a hundred golden bowls.
English Revised Version
He 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he made also ten boordis, and settide tho in the temple, fyue at the riytside and fyue at the leftside.
Update Bible Version
He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
Webster's Bible Translation
He made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
New King James Version
He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold.
New Living Translation
He also built ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five along the south wall and five along the north wall. Then he molded 100 gold basins.
New Life Bible
He made ten tables and put them in the house of God. Five were on the right side and five on the left. And he made 100 deep dishes out of gold.
New Revised Standard
He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred basins of gold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made ten tables, and placed in the temple, five, on the right hand, and, five, on the left, - and he made a hundred tossing bowls of gold.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover also ten tables: and he set them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. Also a hundred bowls of gold.
Revised Standard Version
He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
THE MESSAGE
He made ten tables and set five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred golden bowls.

Contextual Overview

1 And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height. 2 And he maketh the molten sea; ten by the cubit, from its edge unto its edge, round in compass, and five by the cubit its height, and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it, round about. 3 And the likeness of oxen [is] under it, all round about encompassing it, ten in the cubit, compassing the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast. 4 It is standing on twelve oxen, three facing the north, and three facing the west, and three facing the south, and three facing the east, and the sea [is] upon them above, and all their hinder parts [are] within. 5 And its thickness [is] a handbreadth, and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies; taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth. 6 And he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea [is] for priests to wash with. 7 And he maketh the ten candlesticks of gold, according to their ordinance, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. 8 And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred. 9 And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass. 10 And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ten tables: Exodus 25:23-30, Exodus 37:10-16, 1 Kings 7:48, Isaiah 25:6, Ezekiel 44:16, Malachi 1:12, 1 Corinthians 10:21

basins: or, bowls, Jeremiah 52:18, Jeremiah 52:19, Zechariah 14:20

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:40 - the lavers 1 Chronicles 28:16 - tables of showbread 2 Chronicles 29:18 - the showbread Ezra 1:9 - chargers of gold Nehemiah 7:70 - basins

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;
Genesis 4:6
And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:9
And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where [is] Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper -- I?'
Genesis 4:10
And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
Genesis 4:12
when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'
Genesis 4:15
And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
Genesis 4:24
For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.
2 Samuel 3:27
And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth [rib] -- and he dieth -- for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 14:6
and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The number of the tables (see 2 Chronicles 4:19) and of the basins, is additional to the information contained in Kings.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 4:8. A hundred basons of gold — These were doubtless a sort of paterae or sacrificial spoons, with which they made libations.


 
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