2Ch 4:7 | TNotes | STEP | 4:7 The seven lights of each of the ten gold lampstands might have represented the Pleiades, a cluster of stars symbolized by seven dots in ancient Mesopotamia (cp. Job 9:9 ; 38:31 ; Amos 5:8 ).

bJob 9:9►

dAmos 5:8►

‏ 2 Chronicles 4:7

4:7 ^a The seven lights of each of the ten gold lampstands might have represented the Pleiades, a cluster of stars symbolized by seven dots in ancient Mesopotamia (cp. Job 9:9 ^b; 38:31 ^c; Amos 5:8 ^d).