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,
Parallel translations
- WEB Solomon made all the vessels that were in Yahweh’s house: the golden altar and the table that the show bread was on, of gold;
- 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;
- NKJV Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold on which was the showbread;
- NASB Solomon also made all the furniture that was in the house of the Lord: the golden altar and the golden table on which was set the bread of the Presence;
- NLT Solomon also made all the furnishings of the Temple of the Lord: the gold altar; the gold table for the Bread of the Presence;
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Quick answer
Solomon also made the temple's golden furnishings, including the golden altar and the table for the showbread. These gold pieces served the inner worship.
Overview
Moving from bronze to gold, the account turns to the furnishings of the Holy Place: the altar of incense and the table holding the bread of the Presence. Gold marked these as belonging to the more sacred inner sanctuary. The showbread, set continually before God, symbolized His provision and Israel's fellowship with Him, pointing to Christ, the true bread of life.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- 2 Chr 4:8He 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.
- Exod 37:10–16And 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:
- Exod 39:36The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
- Exod 40:26And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
- Mal 1:12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
- Exod 37:25–29And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
- 1 Cor 10:21Ye 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.
- Exod 30:1–5And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
- Lev 24:5–9And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
- Exod 40:22–23And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.
- Exod 39:38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
- Exod 25:23–30Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
- 2 Chr 4:19And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
- Ezek 40:42And 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.
- Ezek 41:22The 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.
- Ezek 40:39And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
- Ezek 44:16They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
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