Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 28:17
the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David addresses Solomon and the assembled leaders of Israel, recounting the exact specifications for the temple furnishings he received by divine revelation.
The words — The text lists טָהוֹר (ta.Hor) as "pure" to describe the gold, and מִזְלָגוֹת (miz.la.Got) as "forks," specifying the exact materials measured for sacred service.
The thread — This focus on weighed temple vessels connects to the inventory of sacred utensils in Numbers 7:13 and the completed golden furnishings in 1 Kings 7:48.
Why it lands — The verse demands exactness in worship by recording the precise measurements of materials set apart for God’s house.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
Cross-references
- Numbers 7:13 His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- 1 Samuel 2:13 or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
- 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 10:21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 4:20 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;