Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
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- WEB Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house, the golden altar also, and the tables with the show bread on them;
- KJV And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
- NKJV Thus Solomon had all the furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on which was the showbread;
- NASB Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them,
- NLT Solomon also made all the furnishings for the Temple of God: the gold altar; the tables for the Bread of the Presence;
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Quick answer
Solomon completed all the gold furnishings for the temple's interior, including the golden altar and the tables for the show bread. It shows the lavish care given to every detail of God's house.
Overview
This verse summarizes the making of the sacred vessels for the temple's interior worship. The golden altar (the altar of incense) and the tables for the bread of the Presence continued the pattern given to Moses for the tabernacle. The costly materials reflected the worthiness of the God being worshiped, and these furnishings ultimately point forward to Christ, the true bread and our intercessor whose prayers rise like incense before God.
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Cross-references · 19
- Rev 9:13Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
- Dan 5:23Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.
- Ezra 1:7–11King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
- 2 Chr 36:18who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
- Dan 5:2–3Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.
- 1 Chr 28:16the weight of gold for each table of showbread, and of silver for the silver tables;
- Exod 30:1–10“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
- 1 Kgs 7:48–50Solomon 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;
- Exod 25:23–30You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- 2 Kgs 25:13–15Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.
- Lev 24:5–8You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
- Rev 8:3Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- Jer 52:18–19They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- 2 Chr 36:10In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Kgs 24:13As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- Exod 37:25–29He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
- 2 Chr 26:16–18But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 2 Chr 4:8Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- Jer 28:3Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
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