John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 28:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof, etc.] These candlesticks were ten, and each had seven lamps, and were placed five on one side the Mosaic candlestick, and five on the other, as say the Jews, (see <110749>1 Kings 7:49), and the weight of gold for each candlestick, according to the above writer f134, was one hundred pounds; and for both candlesticks and lamps, David, by the Spirit of God, was directed to give: and for the candlesticks of silver, by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick; the weight of silver for them was fixed; of these nowhere else read. Kimchi thinks these were for the chambers of the priests, to give them light when they ate and lay there.

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