2-Chronicles - 4:19



19 Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Chronicles 4:19.

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And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the showbread;
And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, upon which were the leaves of proposition,
And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread;
And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the shewbread;
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables on which the show-bread was set;
And Solomon maketh all the vessels that are for the house of God, and the altar of gold, and the tables, and on them is bread of the presence;
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables where on the show bread was set;
And Solomon made all the vessels used in the house of God, the gold altar and the tables on which the holy bread was placed,
Solomon made all the vessels that were in God's house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the gold altar, and the tables upon which were the bread of the presence;

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The tables - A single table only is mentioned in 1-Kings 7:48; 2-Chronicles 29:18. It is supposed that Solomon made ten similar tables, any one of which might be used for the showbread; but that the bread was never placed on more than one table at a time.

And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the (h) shewbread [was set];
(h) In Hebrew, the bread of the faces because they were set before the ark, where the Lord showed his presence.

The golden furniture of the holy place and the gilded doors of the temple. This section is found also in 1-Kings 7:40-50. The enumeration of the things wrought in brass coincides to a word, with the exception of trifling linguistic differences and some defects in the text, with 1-Kings 7:40-47. In 2-Chronicles 4:12 והכּתרות הגּלּות is the true reading, and we should so read in 1-Kings 7:41 also, since the גּלּות, circumvolutions, are to be distinguished from the כּתרות, crowns; see on 2-Chronicles 3:16. In 2-Chronicles 4:14 the first עשׂה is a mistake for עשׂר, the second for עשׂרה, 1-Kings 7:43; for the verb עשׂה is not required nor expected, as the accusative depends upon לעשׂות, 2-Chronicles 4:11, while the number cannot be omitted, since it is always given with the other things. In 2-Chronicles 4:16 מזלנות is an orthographic error for מזרקות; cf. 2-Chronicles 4:11 and 1-Kings 7:44. ואת־כּל־כּליחם is surprising, for there is no meaning in speaking of the utensils of the utensils enumerated in 2-Chronicles 4:12-16. According to 1-Kings 7:45, we should read האלּה כּל־הכּלים את. As to אביו, see on 2-Chronicles 2:12. מרוּק נחשׁת is accusative of the material, of polished brass; and so also ממרט נח, 1-Kings 7:45, with a similar signification. In reference to the rest, see the commentary on 1-Kings 7:40.

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