The pure table; so called, because it was made of pure gold, Exodus 25:23,24. The candlestick; he saith table and candlestick, though there were ten of each, 2 Chronicles 4:7,8; either,
1. Because Shishak had carried away all but one. Or,
2. The singular number is put for the plural, as 1 Kings 7:48, and oft elsewhere. Or,
3. Because ordinarily there was but one of each used at a time for those uses. To burn every evening; and from evening to morning continually, Leviticus 24:2,3; for which end one candlestick was sufficient, and it is very improbable that all the candlesticks were used every night. We keep the charge of the Lord our God: this he saith, though he was an ungodly king; either because he flattered himself and fancied that his keeping up the external worship of God would make full satisfaction for the errors of his life; or that he might hereby encourage his own soldiers, and convince or terrify his enemies.