2 Chronicles 4:10
in 2 Chronicles 4He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
KJV
And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
He put the Sea on the south side
on 2 Chronicles 4:10-18
Huram finishes the whole of Solomon's bronze work: the Sea, the basins, and the pillars with their pomegranates named in chapter 3. All were cast “in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah”. The inventory closes with bronze whose weight “could not be determined”.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
from the right side eastward, opposite the south He distanced it from the east, from opposite the entrance to the south of the forecourt, because it is neither respectful nor fitting that they should immerse themselves opposite the entrance of the vestibule.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And Huram made the pots Copper pots, made to gather the ashes to put them into the pots.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיָּ֗ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| נָתַ֞ן | natan | he put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| מִכֶּ֧תֶף | miketef | from [the] side of | H3802 → | 67 times |
| הַיְמָנִ֛ית | haymanit | <the> south | H3233 → | 32 times |
| קֵ֖דְמָה | kedemah | east -ward | H6924 → | |
| מִמּ֥וּל | mimul | from in front of | H4136 → | |
| נֶֽגְבָּה׃ | negbah | [the] south <towards> | H5045 → | 112 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַיָּ֗םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
נָתַ֞ןhe put
natanH5414 →2011 times
מִכֶּ֧תֶףfrom [the] side of
miketefH3802 →67 times
הַיְמָנִ֛ית<the> south
haymanitH3233 →32 times
קֵ֖דְמָהeast -ward
kedemahH6924 →
מִמּ֥וּלfrom in front of
mimulH4136 →
נֶֽגְבָּה׃[the] south <towards>
negbahH5045 →112 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
1 stopEach 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
1 Kings 7:39He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
it leads to
- 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…
- 2 Chronicles 4:6
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.