2 Chronicles 4:20
Good News Translation
the lampstands and the lamps of fine gold that were to burn in front of the Most Holy Place, according to plan;

New Revised Standard Version
the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;

Contemporary English Version
the lampstands and the lamps that burned in front of the most holy place,

New American Bible
the menorahs and their lamps of pure gold which were to burn as prescribed before the inner sanctuary,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

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The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

the candlesticks

2 Chronicles 4:7 And he made ten golden candlesticks, according to the form which they were commanded to be made by: and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

Exodus 25:31-37 Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it. . . .

burn after

Exodus 27:20,21 Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle: that a lamp may burn always, . . .

the oracle

1 Kings 6:5,16,17 And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about. . . .

1 Kings 8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims.

Psalm 28:2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

Context
Completion of the Gold Furnishings
19And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God, and the golden altar, and the tables, upon which were the loaves of proposition, 20The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.21And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden tongs: all were made of the finest gold.…
Cross References
Exodus 25:31
Thou shalt make also a candlestick of beaten work, of the finest gold, the shaft thereof, and the branches, the cups, and the bowls, and the lilies going forth from it.

2 Chronicles 4:21
And certain flowers, and lamps, and golden tongs: all were made of the finest gold.

2 Chronicles 5:7
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims:

2 Chronicles 4:19
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