48 So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: (A)the golden altar, (B)the golden table for (C)the bread of the Presence, 49 (D)the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; (E)the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 50 the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and (F)fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, (G)the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.

51 Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in (H)the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

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Completion of the Gold Furnishings

48 Solomon also made all the equipment in the Lord’s temple: the gold altar; the gold table that the bread of the Presence was placed on;(A) 49 the pure gold lampstands in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right and five on the left;(B) the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs; 50 the pure gold ceremonial bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles,[a] and firepans;(C) and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the most holy place) and for the doors of the temple sanctuary.

51 So all the work King Solomon did in the Lord’s temple was completed.(D) Then Solomon brought in the consecrated things of his father David(E)—the silver, the gold, and the utensils—and put them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 7:50 Or dishes, or spoons; lit palms