Additionally, 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB He 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.
- KJV He 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.
- NKJV He also made ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold.
- NASB He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred golden bowls.
- NLT He also built ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five along the south wall and five along the north wall. Then he molded 100 gold basins.
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Quick answer
He makes ten tables placed in the temple and a hundred golden basins. Furnishings for the holy place are abundantly provided.
Overview
The ten tables, likely for the showbread, and the hundred golden bowls equipped the temple for its ongoing service. The abundance of golden vessels reflects the richness of Israel's worship. These furnishings supported the continual fellowship and offerings that pointed ahead to communion with God through Christ.
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- 1 Kgs 7:48Solomon 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 37:10–16He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- 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.
- Isa 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Mal 1:12“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
- 1 Cor 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
- Ezek 44:16They alone shall enter My sanctuary and draw near to My table to minister before Me. They will keep My charge.
- Zech 14:20On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
- 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.
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