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;
Parallel translations
- 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;
- BSB 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;
- 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 9:13And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
- Dan 5:23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
- Ezra 1:7–11Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
- 2 Chr 36:18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
- Dan 5:2–3Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
- 1 Chr 28:16And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
- Exod 30:1–10And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
- 1 Kgs 7:48–50And 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,
- 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 Kgs 25:13–15And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
- Lev 24:5–8And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
- Rev 8:3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
- Jer 52:18–19The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
- 2 Chr 36:10And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Kgs 24:13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
- 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.
- 2 Chr 26:16–18But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- 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.
- Jer 28:3Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
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