21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
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And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. …
And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-22)We have here such a summary both of the brass-work and the gold-work of the temple as we had before (1 Kgs. 7:13-51), in which we have nothing more to observe than, 1. That Huram the workman was very punctual: He finished all that he was to make (2 Chron. 4:11), and left no part of his work undone. Huram, his father , he is called, 2 Chron. 4:16. Probably it was a sort of nickname by which he was…
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