2 Chronicles 4:12
in 2 Chronicles 4the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars,
KJV
To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
2 notes 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”.
This site's exposition
the two pillars
The inventory opens with the two pillars first described at 3:15-17, Jachin and Boaz. Each carried a capital shaped like a bowl, with a bronze network over it. Barnes calls Huram the master workman behind them.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And Huram made the pots Copper pots, made to gather the ashes to put them into the pots.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And the four hundred pomegranates Above (ad loc.), he states: “and he made a hundred pomegranates.” How so?
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַמּוּדִ֣ים | ʾamudim | pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| שְׁנַ֔יִם | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹת | vehaggulot | and the bowls | H1543 → | 15 times |
| וְהַכֹּתָר֛וֹת | vehakotarot | and the capitals | H3805 → | 24 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹ֥אשׁ | rosh | [the] top of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים | haamudim | the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| שְׁתָּ֑יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וְהַשְּׂבָכ֣וֹת | vehasevakhot | and the networks | H7639 → | 16 times |
| שְׁתַּ֔יִם | shetayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| לְכַסּ֗וֹת | lekhasot | to cover | H3680 → | 152 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁתֵּי֙ | shetei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| גֻּלּ֣וֹת | gulot | [the] bowls of | H1543 → | 15 times |
| הַכֹּֽתָר֔וֹת | hakotarot | the capitals | H3805 → | 24 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [were] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹ֥אשׁ | rosh | [the] top of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הָֽעַמּוּדִֽים׃ | haamudim | the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
עַמּוּדִ֣יםpillars
ʾamudimH5982 →111 times
שְׁנַ֔יִםtwo
shenayimH8147 →768 times
וְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹתand the bowls
vehaggulotH1543 →15 times
וְהַכֹּתָר֛וֹתand the capitals
vehakotarotH3805 →24 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹ֥אשׁ[the] top of
roshH7218 →599 times
הָעַמּוּדִ֖יםthe pillars
haamudimH5982 →111 times
שְׁתָּ֑יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
וְהַשְּׂבָכ֣וֹתand the networks
vehasevakhotH7639 →16 times
שְׁתַּ֔יִםtwo
shetayimH8147 →768 times
לְכַסּ֗וֹתto cover
lekhasotH3680 →152 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁתֵּי֙[the] two
sheteiH8147 →768 times
גֻּלּ֣וֹת[the] bowls of
gulotH1543 →15 times
הַכֹּֽתָר֔וֹתthe capitals
hakotarotH3805 →24 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[were] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹ֥אשׁ[the] top of
roshH7218 →599 times
הָֽעַמּוּדִֽים׃the pillars
haamudimH5982 →111 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 7:41the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:15–22
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
- 1 Kings 7:15–22
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.