2 Chronicles 4:20
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
Cross-reference
2 Chronicles 4:7 specifies ten lampstands and their placement — adding the number and arrangement of the lampstands mentioned here.
In 2 Chronicles 5:7, the ark is brought into the inner sanctuary — the very space the lampstands illuminate in the preceding chapter.
Exodus 25:31-37 gives the original design of the golden lampstand — the pattern for the lampstands Solomon made here.
Exodus 27:20 commands pure olive oil for the lamp — the prescription for keeping the lamps burning, as referred to here.
Exodus 27:21 adds the duty of Aaron and his sons to tend the lamps continually — the ongoing ritual behind the lampstands here.
In 1 Kings 8:6, the ark is placed in the inner sanctuary before which the lampstands burn — completing the temple's sacred arrangement.
In 1 Kings 6:19, the inner sanctuary is built to house the ark — the same space before which these lampstands are placed.
In 1 Kings 7:49, the parallel account describes the same gold lampstands positioned before the inner sanctuary.
In Revelation 4:5, seven blazing lamps before God's throne fulfill the temple pattern — the earthly lampstands prefigure the heavenly reality.
In Zechariah 4:2, a golden lampstand with seven lamps appears in a vision — echoing the temple lampstands but with symbolic meaning.