2 Chronicles 4:20
New International Version
the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

New Living Translation
the lampstands and their lamps of solid gold, to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as prescribed;

English Standard Version
the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;

Berean Standard Bible
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

King James Bible
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

New King James Version
the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary,

New American Standard Bible
the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

NASB 1995
the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

NASB 1977
the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

Legacy Standard Bible
and the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

Amplified Bible
and the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary (the Holy of Holies) as directed;

Christian Standard Bible
the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary according to specifications;

American Standard Version
and the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English


Brenton Septuagint Translation
also the candlesticks, and the lamps to give light according to the pattern, and in front of the oracle, of pure gold.

Contemporary English Version
the lampstands and the lamps that burned in front of the most holy place,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

English Revised Version
and the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
lamp stands and lamps of pure gold (to burn as directed in front of the inner room),

Good News Translation
the lampstands and the lamps of fine gold that were to burn in front of the Most Holy Place, according to plan;

International Standard Version
the lamp stands and their lamps made of pure gold to burn in front of the inner sanctuary, as required,

JPS Tanakh 1917
and the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn according to the ordinance before the Sanctuary, of pure gold;

Literal Standard Version
and the lampstands, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;

Majority Standard Bible
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

New American Bible
the menorahs and their lamps of pure gold which were to burn as prescribed before the inner sanctuary,

NET Bible
the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary,

New Revised Standard Version
the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;

New Heart English Bible
and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

World English Bible
and the lamp stands with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold;

Young's Literal Translation
and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;

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Context
Completion of the Gold Furnishings
19Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence; 20 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; 21the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;…

Cross References
Exodus 25:31
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

2 Chronicles 4:21
the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold--of purest gold;

2 Chronicles 5:7
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.


Treasury of Scripture

Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

the candlesticks

2 Chronicles 4:7
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.

Exodus 25:31-37
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same…

burn after

Exodus 27:20,21
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always…

the oracle

1 Kings 6:5,16,17
And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: …

1 Kings 8:6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

Psalm 28:2
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.

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2 Chronicles 4
1. The altar of brass
2. The molten sea upon twelve oxen
6. The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables
9. The courts, and the instruments of brass
19. The instruments of gold














(20) With (and) their lamps, that they should burn after the manner (according to the legal rule--2Chronicles 4:7). This is added by the chronicler, who omits "five on the right and five on the left" (Kings). The rest is as in Kings.

Verse 20. - Candlesticks... lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle. Ten candlesticks, as we learn here and in ver. 7, supersede in Solomon's temple the one candlestick, with its central shaft lamp, and the three branch lamps on either side of Moses and the tabernacle (Exodus 25:31-37; Exodus 37:17-24; Leviticus 24:4; Josephus, 'Ant.,' 3:06. § 6, 7; Maimonides [1135-1205], "De temple, vasis sanctuarii," etc.). This single candlestick was restored in Zerubbabel's temple. The present ten candlesticks, or strictly candelabra, of Solomon are said at one time to have been placed in a row like a rail before the veil, and connected with a chain under which the high priest went on the Day of Atonement into the inner sanctuary. The removal of these candelabra is recorded Jeremiah 52:19. The expression, "after the manner," points to the various and somewhat minute regulation for the lighting, trimming, and keeping alight of the lamps, all or some, of the candelabra (Exodus 27:19-21; Leviticus 24:1-3). The use of the word for "lamp" (נֵר) in some passages (1 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 21:17; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:27; Psalm 18:29)suggests not the part as used for the whole in speaking of the candelabrum, but more probably that the perpetual burning was not of all seven lamps, but of one, the central shaft.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
the lampstands
הַמְּנֹר֞וֹת (ham·mə·nō·rō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4501: A chandelier

of pure
סָגֽוּר׃ (sā·ḡūr)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

gold
זָהָ֥ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and their lamps,
וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶ֗ם (wə·nê·rō·ṯê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5216: A lamp, light

to burn
לְבַעֲרָ֧ם (lə·ḇa·‘ă·rām)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

in front
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the inner sanctuary
הַדְּבִ֖יר (had·də·ḇîr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1687: Perhaps (a place of) speaking (the innermost room of Solomon's temple)

as prescribed;
כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט (kam·miš·pāṭ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style


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