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;
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;
- 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,
- 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;
- 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. He made one hundred basins of gold.
- Exod 37:10–16He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its width was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
- Exod 39:36the table, all its vessels, the show bread,
- Exod 40:26He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;
- Mal 1:12“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
- Exod 37:25–29He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
- 1 Cor 10:21You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
- Exod 30:1–5“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
- Lev 24:5–9“You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenths of an ephah shall be in one cake.
- Exod 40:22–23He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the side of the tabernacle northward, outside of the veil.
- Exod 39:38the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,
- Exod 25:23–30“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its width, and one and a half cubits its height.
- 2 Chr 4:19Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
- Ezek 40:42There were four tables for the burnt offering, of cut stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
- Ezek 41:22The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its length, and its walls, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is before Yahweh.
- Ezek 40:39In the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, on which to kill the burnt offering, 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 to me, and they shall keep my instruction.
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