2 Chronicles 4:8
New International Version
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 sprinkling bowls.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
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 golden bowls.

NASB 1977
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 golden bowls.

Legacy Standard Bible
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 golden bowls.

Amplified Bible
He made also ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left side, and he made a hundred [ceremonial] basins of gold.

Christian Standard Bible
He made ten tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made a hundred gold bowls.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He made 10 tables and placed them in the sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left. He also made 100 gold bowls.

American Standard Version
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

Contemporary English Version
He also made ten tables and placed them in the main room, five on each side. And he made 100 small gold sprinkling bowls.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He made ten tables and put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. And he made 100 gold bowls.

International Standard Version
He also made ten tables and placed them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left side. He also constructed 100 gold basins.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

World English Bible
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And he makes ten tables, and places [them] in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he makes one hundred bowls of gold.

Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh ten tables, and placeth in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left; and he maketh bowls of gold a hundred.

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will make ten tables and put in the temple, five from the right, and five from the left And he will make a hundred vases of gold.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover also ten tables: and he set them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. Also a hundred bowls of gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Moreover, there were also ten tables. And he placed them in the temple, five on the right, and five on the left. Also, there were one hundred gold bowls.

New American Bible
He made ten tables and had them set in the nave, five to the right and five to the left; and he made a hundred golden bowls.

New Revised Standard Version
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 basins of gold.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of fine gold.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And again he made ten tables and he set them in the temple, five at the right hand and five at the left, and he made fire pans of pure gold, a hundred and twenty.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he made ten tables, and put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left: and he made a hundred golden bowls.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Ten Basins, Lampstands, and Tables
7He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. 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.

Cross References
1 Kings 7:36-39
He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around. / In this way he made the ten stands, each with the same casting, dimensions, and shape. / He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands. ...

1 Kings 7:27-30
In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. / This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights, / and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work. ...

Exodus 25:23-30
You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. / Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it. / And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim. ...

Exodus 37:10-16
He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. / He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it. / And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim. ...

1 Kings 6:20
The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

1 Kings 6:23-28
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood. / One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits. / The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape, ...

1 Kings 7:48
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;

1 Kings 7:40-45
Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: / the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars; / the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars); ...

1 Kings 7:50
the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

1 Kings 7:29
and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.

1 Kings 7:44
the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

1 Kings 7:38
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.

1 Kings 7:31
The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.

1 Kings 7:32
There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter.

1 Kings 7:33
The wheels were made like chariot wheels; their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.


Treasury of Scripture

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 basins of gold.

ten tables

Exodus 25:23-30
Thou 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…

Exodus 37:10-16
And 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: …

1 Kings 7:48
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,

basons.

Jeremiah 52:18,19
The 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…

Zechariah 14:20
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

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Additionally, he made ten tables
The phrase "Additionally, he made ten tables" indicates the continuation of the detailed description of the temple furnishings crafted by Solomon. The Hebrew word for "tables" is "שֻׁלְחָן" (shulchan), which often refers to a place of fellowship and provision. In the context of the temple, these tables were likely used for the showbread, symbolizing God's provision and presence among His people. The number ten signifies completeness and divine order, reflecting the perfection and sufficiency of God's provision.

and placed them in the temple
The act of placing the tables "in the temple" signifies their sacred purpose. The temple, as the dwelling place of God, was the center of Israel's worship and spiritual life. The Hebrew word for "temple" is "הֵיכָל" (heikal), which denotes a large, significant structure. This placement underscores the importance of order and reverence in worship, reminding believers of the holiness required in approaching God.

five on the south side and five on the north
The arrangement of the tables, "five on the south side and five on the north," suggests balance and symmetry, which are often associated with divine order and harmony. The number five in Hebrew thought can symbolize grace. This balanced placement within the temple may reflect the idea that God's grace and provision are equally available to all who come to Him, regardless of their position or status.

He also made a hundred gold bowls
The creation of "a hundred gold bowls" highlights the abundance and richness of the temple's furnishings. Gold, a symbol of purity and divinity, was extensively used in the temple, reflecting the glory and majesty of God. The Hebrew word for "bowls" is "מִזְרָק" (mizrak), which were likely used for pouring out drink offerings, symbolizing the outpouring of devotion and worship to God. The number one hundred signifies fullness and completeness, emphasizing the lavishness of worship that God deserves.

(8) He made also ten tables.--Perhaps the golden candelabra stood upon them. (Comp. 1Chronicles 28:16; and 2Chronicles 4:19, infra.)

Side.--Not in the Hebrew.

An hundred basons.--Bowls for pouring libations (Amos 6:6; same word, mizr?qim). The Syriac and Arabic make the number of these vessels a hundred and twenty.

The ten tables are not mentioned in the parallel narrative, which speaks of one table only, viz., the table of shewbread (1Kings 7:48). . . .

Verse 8. - Ten tables. These tables also (the use of which is given in ver. 19) are not mentioned, so far as their making is concerned, in the parallel, except in its summary, ver. 48 (cf. 1 Kings 7.), where furthermore only one table, called "the table" (Exodus 25:23), is specified, with which agrees our 2 Chronicles 29:18. It is hard to explain this variation of statement. It is at least an arbitrary and forced explanation to suppose that ten tables constituted the furniture in question, while only one was used at a time. Keil and Bertheau think that the analogy of the ten candlesticks points to the existence of ten tables. The question, however, is, where is the call for, or where are the indications of any analogy? An hundred basins of gold. The Hebrew word employed here, and translated "basins," is מִזְרְקֵי, as also vers. 11, 22, infra; and 1 Kings 7:40, 45, 50; Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3; Numbers 4:14; but it is represented as well by the English translation "bowls" in 1 Chronicles 28:17; 2 Kings 25:15; Numbers 7:13, 19, etc. The "pots," however, of our vers. 11, 16 has for its Hebrew הַסִּירות. It were well if, in names such as these, at any rate, an absolute uniformity of version were observed in the translation, for the benefit of the English reader, to say nothing of the saving of wasted time for the student and scholar. These basins, or bowls, were to receive and hold the blood of the slain victims, about to be sprinkled for purification (see Exodus 24:6-8, where the word אַגָּן is used; Exodus 29:12, 10, 20, 21; Leviticus 1:5, and passion; Hebrews 9:18-20; see also Exodus 38:3; Numbers 4:14,) The Hebrew word מִזְרָק, whether appearing in our version as" basin"' or "bowl," occurs thirty-two times, sixteen in association exactly similar with the present (viz. Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3; Numbers 4:14; 1 Kings 7:40, 45, 50; 2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 25:15; 1 Chronicles 28:17; 2 Chronicles 4:8, 11, 22; Nehemiah 7:70; Jeremiah 52:18, 19; Zechariah 14:20), fourteen as silver bowls in the time of the tabernacle for the meat offering of "fine flour mingled with oil" (vie. Numbers 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 84, 85), and the remaining two in an entirely general application (Amos 6:6; Zechariah 9:15). It is evident, therefore, that the מִזְרָק was not the only vessel used for holding the blood of purification, nor was it exclusively reserved to this use.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Additionally, he made
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

ten
עֲשָׂרָה֒ (‘ă·śā·rāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 6235: Ten

tables
שֻׁלְחָנוֹת֮ (šul·ḥā·nō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7979: A table, a meal

and placed [them]
וַיַּנַּח֙ (way·yan·naḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

in the temple,
בַּֽהֵיכָ֔ל (ba·hê·ḵāl)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

five
חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (ḥă·miš·šāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

on the south side
מִיָּמִ֖ין (mî·yā·mîn)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south

and five
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֣ה (wa·ḥă·miš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

on the north.
מִשְּׂמֹ֑אול (miś·śə·mō·wl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8040: Dark, the north, the left hand

He also made
וַיַּ֛עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

a hundred
מֵאָֽה׃ (mê·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

gold
זָהָ֖ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

sprinkling bowls.
מִזְרְקֵ֥י (miz·rə·qê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4219: Bowl, basin


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