Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 4

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2 Chronicles 4 . 1 , The altar of brass; 2 Chronicles 4 . 2 , The molten sea upon twelve oxen; 2 Chronicles 4 . 6 , The ten lavers , candlesticks , and tables; 2 Chronicles 4 . 9 , The courts , and the instruments of brass; 2 Chronicles 4 . 19 , The instruments of gold.

2 Chronicles 4:1

He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.

2 Chronicles 4:1 · BSB

an altar8 parallels

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2 Chronicles 4:2

He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

2 Chronicles 4:2 · BSB

a molten sea5 parallels

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brim to brim Heb. his brim to his brim

2 Chronicles 4:3

Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

2 Chronicles 4:3 · BSB

And under5 parallels

oxen1 parallel

In the parallel passage of Kings , instead of bekarim , "oxen ," we have pekaim , "knops ," in the form of colocynths. (See note on

  • 1 Kings 6:18 and see note on 2 Kings 4 . 39); which last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to received be here; bekarim , "oxen ," being a mistake for pekaim , "knops." Houbigant , however , contends that the words in both places are right; but that bakar does not signify an ox here , but a large kind of grape , according to its meaning in Arabic. But Dr. A. Clarke states that bakar , or bakarat , has no such meaning in Arabic , though the phrase aino 'lbikri , or "ox-eye ," signifies a species of black grape , very large , and of incredible sweetness; that consequently the criticism of this great man is not solid; and that the likeliest method of reconciling the two places is to suppose a change in the letters as above

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2 Chronicles 4:4

The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

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It stood3 parallels

three6 parallels

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2 Chronicles 4:5

It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

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three thousand baths1 parallel

In the parallel passage , it is said to hold only two thousand baths; which some think may be reconciled by supposing that the quantity of water which was commonly in it was 2 ,000 baths , but that , if filled up to the top , it would hold 3 ,000. But , as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less than that of the ancient Hebrews , it might be the same with measures of capacity; so that 2 ,000 of the ancient Jewish baths might have been equal to 3 ,000 of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot . "It received 3 ,000 baths of dry measure , and held 2 ,000 of liquid measure." See note on 1 Kings 7 . 26

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with flowers of lilies or , like a lily flower

2 Chronicles 4:6

He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.

2 Chronicles 4:6 · BSB

ten lavers6 parallels

such things as they offered for the burnt offering3 parallels

Heb. the work of burnt offering

but the sea7 parallels

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2 Chronicles 4:7

He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.

2 Chronicles 4:7 · BSB

ten candlesticks8 parallels

according to4 parallels

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2 Chronicles 4:8

Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.

2 Chronicles 4:8 · BSB

ten tables7 parallels

basins3 parallels

or , bowls

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2 Chronicles 4:9

He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

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the court2 parallels

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2 Chronicles 4:10

He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.

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the whole verse1 parallel

2 Chronicles 4:11

Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:

2 Chronicles 4:11 · BSB

the pots2 parallels

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basins or , bowls

finished Heb. finished to make

2 Chronicles 4:12

the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;

2 Chronicles 4:12 · BSB

To wit1 parallel

the pommels1 parallel

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2 Chronicles 4:13

the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars);

2 Chronicles 4:13 · BSB

four hundred6 parallels

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pillars Heb. face of the pillars

2 Chronicles 4:14

the stands; the basins on the stands;

2 Chronicles 4:14 · BSB

bases1 parallel

lavers1 parallel

or , caldrons

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2 Chronicles 4:15

the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;

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the whole verse1 parallel

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2 Chronicles 4:16

and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.

2 Chronicles 4:16 · BSB

pots also5 parallels

fleshhooks3 parallels

Huram3 parallels

his father1 parallel

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bright Heb. made bright , or scoured

2 Chronicles 4:17

The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.

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Zeredathah1 parallel

clay ground Heb. thicknesses of the ground

2 Chronicles 4:18

Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

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the weight4 parallels

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2 Chronicles 4:19

Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

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all the vessels12 parallels

the golden5 parallels

the tables3 parallels

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2 Chronicles 4:20

the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;

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the candlesticks2 parallels

burn after2 parallels

the oracle5 parallels

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2 Chronicles 4:21

the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;

2 Chronicles 4:21 · BSB

the flowers6 parallels

Probably each branch of the chandelier was made like a plant in flower; and the opening of the flower was either the lamp , or served to support it

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perfect gold Heb. perfections of gold , That is , the purest and best gold.

2 Chronicles 4:22

the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.

2 Chronicles 4:22 · BSB

snuffers5 parallels

the entry2 parallels

Capellus and others suppose we should read , agreeably to

  • 1 Kings 7:50 "The hinges also of the doors of the inner house ," etc.; the word pothoth , "hinges ," being mistaken for paithach , "an entry" or "door-way."
  • 1 Kings 6:31-32

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basins or , bowls

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