2 Chronicleschapter 4
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A.The brazen altar, the molten sea, and the ten laversvv. 1-10
1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
B.Huram finishes the bronze; gold fills the house withinvv. 11-22
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: 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; 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); 14 the stands; the basins on the stands; 15 the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea; 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. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah. 18 Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined. 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; 20 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed; 21 the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold; 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.
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The furnishings inventory.
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The furnishings inventory. A brazen altar twenty cubits square; the molten sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, standing on twelve oxen facing outward three by three, for the priests to wash in; ten lavers on their bases for washing the offerings, five on each side. Ten golden candlesticks and ten tables are set in the temple, five right and five left, with a hundred golden basins. The court of the priests and the great court are made, and the doors overlaid with brass. Huram casts the pillars, the capitals, the pomegranates, the pots and shovels and flesh-hooks in the clay ground of the Jordan plain, the weight of the brass beyond finding out.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.
Context
History · Ezra — 2 Chronicles overview
- A. 1–10 The brazen altar, the molten sea, and the ten lavers
- B. 11–22 Huram finishes the bronze; gold fills the house within
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1 Kings 714 verses
- 1 Kings 7:12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 7:14He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.
- 1 Kings 7:20On the capitals of both pillars, just above the rounded projection next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows encircling each capital.
- 1 Kings 7:24Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- 1 Kings 7:26It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold two thousand baths.
- 1 Kings 7:27In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
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1 Kings 63 verses
- 1 Kings 6:5Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.
- 1 Kings 6:35He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
- 1 Kings 6:36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
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Jeremiah 523 verses
- Jeremiah 52:18They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.
- Jeremiah 52:20As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
- Jeremiah 52:23Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.
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2 Chronicles 43 verses
- 2 Chronicles 4:5It 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.
- 2 Chronicles 4:7He 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 4:11Additionally, 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:
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Exodus 252 verses
- Exodus 25:23You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 25:31Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
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Exodus 372 verses
- Exodus 37:20And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
- Exodus 37:23He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
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Exodus 301 verse
- Exodus 30:18“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,
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1 Kings 81 verse
- 1 Kings 8:64On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
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