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2 Chronicles 4:8

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What does 2 Chronicles 4:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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.
2 Chronicles 4:8 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
6He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
7And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
8He 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.
9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
10And he set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The number of the tables (see 2 Chronicles 4:19) and of the basins, is additional to the information contained in Kings. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Ten tables - Whereon the shew - bread was set, Ch2 4:19. Perhaps each of these had twelve loaves on it. As the house was enlarged, so was the provision. 2 Chronicles 4:16”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“ten tables: Exo 25:23-30, Exo 37:10-16; Kg1 7:48; Isa 25:6; Eze 44:16; Mal 1:12; Co1 10:21 basins: or, bowls, Jer 52:18, Jer 52:19; Zac 14:20 2 Chronicles 4:9”
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