1 Kings 7:48

48. The altar of gold Overlaid with gold. See on 1 Kings 6:20. This altar in the temple was doubtless of the same form as that of the tabernacle. See on Exodus 30:1-5; Exodus 37:25-28. The great brazen altar of burnt offerings in the court is not mentioned in this chapter, and only referred to incidentally in 1 Kings 8:64.

Table of gold Like that of the tabernacle. See on Exodus 25:23-30. In 2 Chronicles 4:8 mention is made of ten tables, and they were all probably of this same form, and placed five on each side of the holy place. Among the spoils taken from Jerusalem by Titus, as appears sculptured in relief on his triumphal arch at Rome, were the table and candlestick of the Herodian temple. These are shown in the annexed cuts, and were probably, in the main, like those of the more ancient temple of Solomon.