2 Chronicles 4:1
in 2 Chronicles 4He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
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ASV
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
KJV
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The supplementary character of Chronicles is here once more apparent. The author of Kings had omitted to record the dimensions of the brass altar. It stood in the great court 2Ch 6:12-13.
This site's exposition
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long
Chronicles gives the altar's measure, which Kings never states: “twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high”. That is four times the length and breadth of the altar Moses built, five cubits square by Exodus 27:1. The larger house takes a larger altar for the same office.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The making of this was not mentioned in the Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered, and it sanctified the gift. This altar was much larger than that which Moses made in the tabernacle; that was five cubits square, this was twenty cubits square.
Both without doors and within there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. There were those things in the open court, in the view of all the people, which were very significant. There was the brazen altar,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It measured thirty-five feet by thirty-five, and in height seventeen and a half feet. The thickness of the metal used for this altar is nowhere given; but supposing it to have been three inches, the whole weight of the metal would not be under two hundred tons [NAPIER].
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִזְבַּ֣ח | mizbach | an altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| נְחֹ֔שֶׁת | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֤ים | ʾesrim | [was] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אַמָּה֙ | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| אָרְכּ֔וֹ | ʾareko | length its | H753 → | 95 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים | veesrim | and [was] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אַמָּ֖ה | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| רָחְבּ֑וֹ | rachebo | breadth its | H7341 → | 101 times |
| וְעֶ֥שֶׂר | veeser | and [was] ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| אַמּ֖וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ ס | komato | height its | H6967 → | 45 times |
וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙and he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
מִזְבַּ֣חan altar of
mizbachH4196 →401 times
נְחֹ֔שֶׁתbronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים[was] twenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
אַמָּה֙cubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
אָרְכּ֔וֹlength its
ʾarekoH753 →95 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםand [was] twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
אַמָּ֖הcubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
רָחְבּ֑וֹbreadth its
racheboH7341 →101 times
וְעֶ֥שֶׂרand [was] ten
veeserH6235 →176 times
אַמּ֖וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ סheight its
komatoH6967 →45 times
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
2 Chronicles 1:5But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, was in Gibeon before the tabernacle of the LORD. So Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him there.
it leads to
- Exodus 31:2
“See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
- Exodus 38:1–7
Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- 1 Chronicles 13:3
Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
- Exodus 31:2
Through
1 Kings 9:25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:16
Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
- 2 Chronicles 8:12–13
At that time Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD he had built in front of the portico.
- Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast…
- Exodus 23:14–17
Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
- Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 8:16
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.