2 Chronicles 4:21 - Exposition

The flowers ; Hebrew, פֶרַה , occurring sixteen times, of which number it is translated" flowers "thirteen times, "buds" twice, and "blossom" once. The flower was a part of the ornamentation of the branches of the candelabrum ( Exodus 25:31 , Exodus 25:33 ). The tongs ; Hebrew, מֶלְקָחַיִם , occurring six times, of which number it is translated five times "tongs," but once "snuffers" ( Exodus 37:23 ). This latter is the correcter translation, perhaps. The instrument, at any rate, was to trim the lamp-wicks ( Exodus 25:38 ).