1 Kings 7:49
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
Cross-reference
Exodus 25:31-40 provides the pattern for the lampstand, which Solomon's ten lampstands replicate in the temple.
Exodus 25:38 specifies the same gold tongs for the tabernacle lampstand, showing continuity of design.
Exodus 37:17-24 records the actual construction of the tabernacle lampstand—model for the temple lampstands here.
Exodus 39:37 lists the golden lampstand and its utensils for the tabernacle, showing continuity with Solomon's ten lampstands in the temple.
Exodus 40:24 places the lampstand opposite the table in the tabernacle, mirroring the arrangement of lampstands before the inner sanctuary in the temple.
Exodus 40:25 records lighting the lamps before the Lord, directly paralleling the function of the golden lampstands in the temple.
2 Chronicles 4:7 recounts the same ten golden lampstands placed five on each side, confirming the temple's lampstand arrangement.
2 Chronicles 4:7 again reports the ten lampstands of gold, offering a parallel account of the same temple furnishings.
Revelation 1:20 interprets the seven golden lampstands as the seven churches, using the temple lampstand as a type of Christ's presence.
Revelation 2:1 depicts Christ walking among the golden lampstands (churches), directly applying the temple image to the church age.
Leviticus 24:4 commands the perpetual arrangement of lamps on the gold lampstand, echoed here.
Jeremiah 52:19 records the Babylonians taking these same gold items, contrasting creation with destruction.
Zechariah 4:1-3 envisions a seven-branched golden lampstand with two olive trees, symbolically building on the temple lampstand imagery.
Zechariah 4:2 depicts a gold lampstand with seven lamps, a prophetic parallel to the temple's.
Zechariah 4:11-14 identifies the two olive trees as anointed ones, extending the symbolic use of the temple lampstand into prophetic vision.
Numbers 4:9 lists these same lampstand utensils when covered for transport, adding procedural context.