1 Chronicles 28:17

Translations

Modern

…the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;

Traditional

Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

Literal

…and the forks, and the sprinkling bowls, and the pitchers of pure gold; and the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls, by weight for every bowl;

Latin

Ad fuscinulas quoque, et phialas, et thuribula ex auro purissimo, et leunculos aureos pro qualitate mensuræ pondus distribuit in leunculum et leunculum. Similiter et in leones argenteos diversum argenti pondus separavit.

Original

Hebrew

English

…the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;

Notes

1 Chronicles 28:14–18

This list of vessels validated each item in the temple by detailing what God had told David about them.

1 Chronicles 28:11–21

God gave David the plans for the temple through divine inspiration (1 Chronicles 28:19). God also provided plans for the tabernacle in the wilderness (Exodus 25:9) and for Ezekiel's future temple (Ezekiel 40:4).

1 Chronicles 28:1–29:25

The story of Solomon's coronation continues from 1 Chronicles 23:1–2. David, at the height of his power, transfers authority to Solomon (compare 1 Kings 1:1–2:9).

Theme notes and profiles

David God’s Promised Kingdom

Related verses

2 Chronicles 4:20–22
…the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
1 Kings 10:21
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
Numbers 7:13–14
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
1 Samuel 2:13–14
…or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
1 Kings 7:48–50
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second David Genealogy Temple

Topics

Basin: Made of Gold Bowl: Made of Gold: Temple Cup: Made of Gold Fleshhook: Made of Gold Revelation: The Pattern of the Temple is Revealed Temple: Solomon's: David Makes Preparation For Temple: Solomon's: Pattern and Building of Temple: Solomon's: The Altar of Incense, and Its Furniture

1 Chronicles 28:17

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