Footnote 3 – Was There a Seven-Branched Lampstand in Solomon’s Temple?

“This is the word of Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he himself has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah. To every man of his people now among you I say, the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.” (2 Chronicles 36:23)