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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:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:

KJV

And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This 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”.

This site's exposition

Huram finished the work

Huram finished the work here, and the list that follows sums up his bronze work through verse 16. Matthew Henry credits the craftsman with both ingenuity and industry. The pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls belong to the same work.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

And Huram made the pots Copper pots, made to gather the ashes to put them into the pots.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 4:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
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.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 4:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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

19 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he made

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • חוּרָ֔םHuram

    churamH2361 →13 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַ֨סִּיר֔וֹתthe pots

    hasirotH5518 →34 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַיָּעִ֖יםthe shovels

    haiyaimH3257 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַמִּזְרָק֑וֹת סthe bowls

    hamizrakotH4219 →32 times

  • וַיְכַ֣לand he finished

    vaykhalH3615 →208 times

  • חוּרָ֗םHuram

    chyramH2361 →13 times

  • לַעֲשׂוֹת֙to do

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמְּלָאכָ֔הthe work

    hamelakhahH4399 →167 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֛הhe did

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • לַמֶּ֥לֶךְfor the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • בְּבֵ֥יתon [the] house of

    beveitH1004 →2046 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Chronicles 4:16and 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.3 works1 Kings 7:13Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.3 works1 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.2 works1 Kings 7:40–51Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD:2 worksExodus 27:3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.2 worksEzra 1:9This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
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.2 worksNehemiah 7:70Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.2 worksNumbers 4:12They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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 7:14

    He 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…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 2:14

      He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and…

    • 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.

    • Exodus 31:2–6

      “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

    • Exodus 35:30

      Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

    • Isaiah 28:26

      For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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