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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 7:49 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 7:49 |
Strong Concordance |
And the candlesticks [04501] of pure [05462] gold [02091], five [02568] on the right [03225] side, and five [02568] on the left [08040], before [06440] the oracle [01687], with the flowers [06525], and the lamps [05216], and the tongs [04457] of gold [02091], |
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King James |
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| candlesticks of pure gold--made, probably, according to the model of that in the tabernacle, which, along with the other articles of furniture, were deposited with due honor, as sacred relics, in the temple. But these seem not to have been used in the temple service; for Solomon made new lavers, tables, and candlesticks, ten of each. (See further regarding the dimensions and furniture of the temple, in 2Ch. 3:1-5:14). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See the notes to Exo 25:31-38. The "bowls" of Kg1 7:50 were the "bowls" for the tables Exo 37:16, large vases containing oil for the lamps. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Candlesticks - Which were ten, according to the number of the tables, whereas Moses made but one: whereby might be signified the progress of the light of sacred truth, which was now grown clearer than it was in Moses's time, and should shine brighter and brighter until the perfect day of gospel light. Pure gold - Of massy and fine gold. The oracle - In the holy place. Flowers - Wrought upon the candlesticks, as it had formerly been. |
16 And he made [06213] the vessels [03627] which were upon the table [07979], his dishes [07086], and his spoons [03709], and his bowls [04518], and his covers [07184] to cover [05258] withal [02004], of pure [02889] gold [02091].
50 And the bowls [05592], and the snuffers [04212], and the basons [04219], and the spoons [03709], and the censers [04289] of pure [05462] gold [02091]; and the hinges [06596] of gold [02091], both for the doors [01817] of the inner [06442] house [01004], the most [06944] holy [06944] place, and for the doors [01817] of the house [01004], to wit, of the temple [01964].
31 And thou shalt make [06213] a candlestick [04501] of pure [02889] gold [02091]: of beaten work [04749] shall the candlestick [04501] be made [06213]: his shaft [03409], and his branches [07070], his bowls [01375], his knops [03730], and his flowers [06525], shall be of the same.
32 And six [08337] branches [07070] shall come [03318] out of the sides [06654] of it; three [07969] branches [07070] of the candlestick [04501] out of the one [0259] side [06654], and three [07969] branches [07070] of the candlestick [04501] out of the other [08145] side [06654]:
33 Three [07969] bowls [01375] made like unto almonds [08246], with a knop [03730] and a flower [06525] in one [0259] branch [07070]; and three [07969] bowls [01375] made like almonds [08246] in the other [0259] branch [07070], with a knop [03730] and a flower [06525]: so in the six [08337] branches [07070] that come [03318] out of the candlestick [04501].
34 And in the candlestick [04501] shall be four [0702] bowls [01375] made like unto almonds [08246], with their knops [03730] and their flowers [06525].
35 And there shall be a knop [03730] under two [08147] branches [07070] of the same, and a knop [03730] under two [08147] branches [07070] of the same, and a knop [03730] under two [08147] branches [07070] of the same, according to the six [08337] branches [07070] that proceed [03318] out of the candlestick [04501].
36 Their knops [03730] and their branches [07070] shall be of the same: all it shall be one [0259] beaten work [04749] of pure [02889] gold [02091].
37 And thou shalt make [06213] the seven [07651] lamps [05216] thereof: and they shall light [05927] the lamps [05216] thereof, that they may give light [0215] over against [05676] it [06440].
38 And the tongs [04457] thereof, and the snuffdishes [04289] thereof, shall be of pure [02889] gold [02091].