11Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof?
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And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-14)Enough is said to Zechariah to encourage him, and to enable him to encourage others, with reference to the good work of building the temple which they were now about, and that was the principal intention of the vision he saw; but still he is inquisitive about the particulars, which we will ascribe, not to any vain curiosity, but to the value he had for divine discoveries and the pleasure he took i…
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