1 Kings 7:46
in 1 Kings 7The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.
KJV
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
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This verse in 1 Kings 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIt is appropriate that the vessels of the Lord's house were cast in the region of the Jordan, namely, in the river in which our Lord deigned to be baptized and by his immersion in the waves of its waters changed the element for us …
This site's exposition
The two pillars, and the two bowls
on 1 Kings 7:41-47
The full brass inventory is recited and then given its foundry: cast in the clay ground of the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zarthan, where the earth itself served for molds. The closing line is the section's one flourish, Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. A book that counts cubits all chapter ends the brasswork by declaring it beyond counting.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Cast them, in the clay ground - In this place he found that particular kind of clay that was proper for his purpose. Some suppose that the place where Hiram had his foundry was on the other side, some on this side, of Jordan. Calmet supposes that it was near Bethshan.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them--Zarthan, or Zaretan (Jos 3:16), or Zartanah (1Ki 4:12), or Zeredathah (2Ch 4:17), was on the bank of the Jordan in the territories of western Manasseh. Succoth was situated on the eastern side of Jordan, at the ford of the river near the mouth of the Jabbok.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּכִכַּ֤ר | bekhikar | in [the] valley of | H3603 → | 68 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
| יְצָקָ֣ם | yetzakam | he cast them | H3332 → | 50 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בְּמַעֲבֵ֖ה | bemaaveh | in [the] mold of | H4568 → | |
| הָאֲדָמָ֑ה | haadamah | the ground | H127 → | 225 times |
| בֵּ֥ין | bein | between | H996 → | 407 times |
| סֻכּ֖וֹת | sukot | Succoth | H5523 → | |
| וּבֵ֥ין | uvein | and between | H996 → | 407 times |
| צָרְתָֽן׃ | tzaretan | Zarethan | H6891 → |
בְּכִכַּ֤רin [the] valley of
bekhikarH3603 →68 times
הַיַּרְדֵּן֙the Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
יְצָקָ֣םhe cast them
yetzakamH3332 →50 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
בְּמַעֲבֵ֖הin [the] mold of
bemaavehH4568 →
הָאֲדָמָ֑הthe ground
haadamahH127 →225 times
בֵּ֥יןbetween
beinH996 →407 times
סֻכּ֖וֹתSuccoth
sukotH5523 →
וּבֵ֥יןand between
uveinH996 →407 times
צָרְתָֽן׃Zarethan
tzaretanH6891 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 3:16the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was…
it leads to
- Joshua 3:13
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will…
- Joshua 3:13
Through
1 Kings 4:12Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
it leads to
- Joshua 17:11
Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- 1 Kings 19:16
You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
- Judges 5:19
Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
- Joshua 17:11
Through
Genesis 33:17but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
it leads to
- Psalms 60:6
God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
- Judges 8:5
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
- Joshua 13:27
and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of…
- Psalms 60:6
Through
Joshua 13:27and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of…
it leads to
- Numbers 32:36
Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.
- Numbers 32:36
About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 2.21.1; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Keil, The Books of the Kings.