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2 Chronicles 4:22
the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the final inventory of Solomon’s temple furnishings, documenting the completed sanctuary for readers tracing Israel’s worship infrastructure.
The words — סָגוּר (sa.Gur) specifies metal refined to its highest purity, and וּ/פֶתַח (u./Fe.tach) designates the exact entrances to the inner sanctuary and main hall.
The thread — The list parallels Exodus 37:23 and 1 Kings 7:50, which catalog identical gold utensils, while 1 Kings 6:31 details the olive wood construction of the inner sanctuary doors.
Why it lands — The text enumerates specific gold vessels and designated entrances; the reader must acknowledge the exact materials and architectural boundaries prescribed for the sanctuary without adding unwritten functions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 37:23 He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
- 1 Kings 6:31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
- 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.
- 2 Kings 12:13 However, the money brought into the house of the LORD was not used for making silver basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, trumpets, or any articles of gold or silver for the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 25:14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- Jeremiah 52:18 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.