The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 4:20 Explained

2 Chronicles 4:20

KJV: Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

YLT: and the candlesticks, and their lamps, for their burning according to the ordinance, before the oracle, of gold refined;

Darby: and the candlesticks with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

ASV: and the candlesticks with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Moreover the candlesticks  with their lamps,  that they should burn  after the manner  before  the oracle,  of pure  gold; 

What does 2 Chronicles 4:20 Mean?

Study Notes

oracle
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windows of narrow lights
Cf. 2 Chronicles 4:20 . In the holy of holies in the tabernacle no light but the shekinah glory was provided. In many ways Solomon's temple manifests the spiritual deterioration of the people, and Jehovah's condescension to it in grace.

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 4

1  The altar of brass
2  The molten sea upon twelve oxen
6  The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables
9  The courts, and the instruments of brass
19  The instruments of gold

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 4:20 mean?

And the lampstands and with their lamps to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner sanctuary of gold pure
וְאֶת־ הַמְּנֹר֞וֹת וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶ֗ם לְבַעֲרָ֧ם כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט לִפְנֵ֥י הַדְּבִ֖יר זָהָ֥ב סָגֽוּר

הַמְּנֹר֞וֹת  the  lampstands 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מְנׄורָה  
Sense: lamp stand.
וְנֵרֹתֵיהֶ֗ם  and  with  their  lamps 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נִיר 
Sense: lamp.
לְבַעֲרָ֧ם  to  burn 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בָּעַר 
Sense: to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled.
כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט  in  the  prescribed  manner 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
לִפְנֵ֥י  in  front 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הַדְּבִ֖יר  of  the  inner  sanctuary 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דְּבִיר  
Sense: the holy of holies, the innermost room of the temple or tabernacle.
זָהָ֥ב  of  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
סָגֽוּר  pure 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: סָגוּר 
Sense: to shut, close.