John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
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2 Chroniques 4:7-8 Bds
John Gill
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:8
A hundred basons of gold - These were doubtless a sort of paterae or sacrificial spoons, with which they made libations. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
The altar, the sea, the light, and the bread. The homiletics of this chapter, viewed in certain general aspects, have been already treated with those of 2 Chronicles 3:1-17 . But it remains to notice other interesting and important aspects of the contents of this chapter. As soon as these are exhibited in such a manner as to make their relative importance apparent, they do indeed become of marked interest. I. First, and no doubt first in importance, we read of the great ALTAR OF ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:7
Ten candlesticks of gold . The only allusion to these in the parallel is found later on in part of the forty-ninth verse of 1 Kings 7:1-51 . According to their form. This expression, though so vague, might point to the fact that the form of the old candlestick of the tabernacle was adhered to ( Exodus 25:31 ). But considering the recurrence of the same words ( 1 Kings 7:20 ), there can be no doubt that the phrase is identical in its meaning with the use found in such passages as Le 1... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:7
Lights in the world. There are many difficulties and disagreements about the spiritual significance of the temple furniture; but there is a general agreement as to the meaning of the "candlestick," or of these "ten candlesticks of gold" to which the text refers. As in the "Divine compartment" of the "most holy place" the Shechinah was the symbol of the Divine presence, and spoke of the Lord God of Israel as the one true Light of the world, so in the human department of the "holy place'... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:8
Ten tables . These tables also (the use of which is given in 2 Chronicles 4:19 ) are not mentioned, so far as their making is concerned, in the parallel, except in its summary, verse 48 (cf. 1 Kings 7:1-51 .), where furthermore only one table, called "the table" ( Exodus 25:23 ), is specified, with which agrees our 2 Chronicles 29:18 . It is hard to explain this variation of statement. It is at least an arbitrary and forced explanation to suppose that ten tables constituted the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:8
God's bounty and our response. The significance of the table of shew-bread (of which Solomon, in his desire for fulness and richness of provision, now made ten) depends on its position and on the objects it was to sustain. The table stood in the "holy place," very near to the inner sanctuary, where the presence of God was symbolized; and it bore upon it the shewbread, or "bread of presence;" this was so called because it was "the shewbread before me always" ( Exodus 25:30 ), continually... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:7
According to their form - Rather, “after their manner” (compare 2 Chronicles 4:20). There is no allusion to the shape of the candlesticks, which were made, no doubt, after the pattern of the original candlestick of Moses. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-10
David often speaks with much affection both of the house of the Lord and of the courts of our God. Both without doors and within there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. I. There were those things in the open court, in the view of all the people, which were very significant. 1. There was the brazen altar, 2 Chron. 4:1. The making of this was not mentioned in the Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered,... read more