2 Chronicles 4:22

And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
snuffers	וְהַֽמְזַמְּר֧וֹת ve.ham.za.me.Rot	H4212	a tweezer (only in the plural) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
basons	וְהַמִּזְרָק֛וֹת ve.ha.miz.ra.Kot	H4219	a bowl (as if for sprinkling) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
spoons	וְהַכַּפּ֥וֹת ve.hak.ka.Pot	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
censers	וְהַמַּחְתּ֖וֹת ve.ha.mach.Tot	H4289	a pan for live coals · conjunction + definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
pure	סָג֑וּר sa.Gur	H5462	to shut up · noun, common masculine singular absolute
gold	זָהָ֣ב za.Hav	H2091	gold · noun, common masculine singular absolute
entry	וּפֶ֣תַח u.Fe.tach	H6607	an opening (literally) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
house	הַ֠בַּיִת Ha.ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
inner	הַפְּנִימִיּ֜וֹת ha.pe.ni.mi.Yot	H6442	interior · definite article + adjective, feminine plural absolute
doors	דַּלְתוֹתָ֨יו dal.to.Tav	H1817	something swinging · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
most	לְקֹ֣דֶשׁ le.Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · preposition + noun, masculine singular construct
holy	הַקֳּדָשִׁ֗ים ha.ko.da.Shim	H6944	a sacred place or thing · definite article + noun, masculine plural absolute
doors	וְדַלְתֵ֥י ve.dal.Tei	H1817	something swinging · conjunction + noun, common feminine dual construct
house	הַבַּ֛יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
temple	לַהֵיכָ֖ל la.hei.Khal	H1964	a large public building · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
gold	זָהָֽב za.Hav	H2091	gold · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 37:23 And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
1 Kings 6:31-32 And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
1 Kings 7:50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of…
2 Kings 12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver…
2 Kings 25:14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
Jeremiah 52:18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered,…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:11–end

We have here such a summary both of the brass-work and the gold-work of the temple as we had before (Kg1 7:13, etc.), in which we have nothing more to observe than, 1. That Huram the workman was very punctual: He finished all that he was to make (Ch2 4:11), and left no part of his work undone. Huram, his father, he is called, Ch2 4:16. Probably it was a sort of nickname by which he was commonly known, Father Huram; for the king of Tyre called him Huram Abi, my father, in compliance with whom Solomon called him his, he being a great artist and father of the artificers in brass and iron. He acquitted himself well both for ingenuity and industry. 2. Solomon was very generous. He made all the ve…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:11

Huram made--(See on Kg1 7:40). Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 5

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:22

The doors - were of gold - That is, were overlaid with golden plates, the thickness of which we do not know. That every thing in the tabernacle and temple was typical or representative of some excellence of the Gospel dispensation may be readily credited, without going into all the detail produced by the pious author of Solomon's Temple Spiritualized. We can see the general reference and the principles of the great design, though we may not be able to make a particular application of the knops, the flowers, the pomegranates, the tongs, and the snuffers, to some Gospel doctrines: such spiritualizing is in most cases weak, silly, religious trifling; being ill calculated to produce respect for…

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John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

See Introduction to Chapter 4

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:19–end

Dictionary and topics

Censer — The vessel in which incense was presented on “the golden altar” before the Lord in the temple (Ex. 30:1-9). The priest filled the censer with live coal from the sacred fire on the altar of…
Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…
Basin · Ma — Ma
Censer · For the temple, ma — For the temple, ma
Gold · Was used for: Sacred utensils — Was used for: Sacred utensils
Shewbread (Showbread) · For the temple — For the temple
Spoons · Of the temple — Of the temple

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 4:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:22

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:19–end

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 4:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:22

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:19–end

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 4:19

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 4:22