48And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
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And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: …
The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,
He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 48-51)Here is, 1. The making of the gold work of the temple, which it seems was done last, for with it the work of the house of God ended. All within doors was gold, and all made new (except the ark, with its mercy-seat and cherubim), the old being either melted down or laid by—the golden altar, table, and candlestick, with all their appurtenances. The altar of incense was still one , for Christ and his…
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