2 Chronicles 4:21
2 Chronicles 4:21 Meaning and Explanation
“And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;”
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Read Full Chapter →The flowers, lamps, and tongs are all fashioned of pure, perfect gold.
What Does 2 Chronicles 4:21 Mean?
Even the smallest fittings -- the ornamental flowers, the lamps, and the tongs for tending them -- were made of the finest gold. The text stresses that it was perfect gold, unalloyed and pure.
No detail of the holy place was left to lesser material. The purity of the gold matched the purity required in approaching God. That even the tongs were of perfect gold quietly teaches that holiness touches every small thing offered to the Lord.
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What does 2 Chronicles 4:21 mean?
The flowers, lamps, and tongs are all fashioned of pure, perfect gold.