1 Kings 7:48
46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
49 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,
50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
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- BSB
- Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- KJV
- And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
- WEB
- Solomon made all the vessels that were in the LORD’s house: the golden altar and the table that the show bread was on, of gold;
- ASV
- And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold;
- DARBY
- And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house of Jehovah: the golden altar; and the table of gold, whereon was the shewbread;
- BLB
- And Solomon had made all the furnishings that [were] for the house of YHWH: The altar of gold; and the golden table on which [was] the bread of the Presence;
- ÅB
- Salomo gjorde også alle de ting som skulle være i Herrens hus: gullalteret og gullbordet som skuebrødene skulle ligge på,
- OTB
- Salomo laget også alt inventaret som var i Herrens hus: det gylne alteret og det gylne bordet som skuebrødene lå på;
- B1930
- Salomo gjorde også alle de ting som skulde være i Herrens hus: gullalteret og gullbordet som skuebrødene skulde ligge på,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 37:10–16
And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
Read in context2 Chronicles 4:8
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.
Read in contextExodus 39:36
The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:21
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
Read in contextExodus 30:1–5
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Read in contextEzekiel 40:42
And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
Read in contextExodus 39:38
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
Read in contextEzekiel 41:22
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
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