2 Chronicles 4:15
in 2 Chronicles 4the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.
KJV
One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
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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 twelve oxen underneath
The Sea and its twelve oxen of verses 2 to 4 appear again as the casting of Huram. Barnes notes that Kings has gourds under the rim where Chronicles has the figures of oxen. The Sea rested on the twelve.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And he made the bases But in I Kings (7:27), it is written: “And he made the ten bases of copper.” The bases are the bases of the laver, and there their work is explained.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks Although we already mentioned it above, he repeats it again, to let us know that they were copper, and also to let us know about the forks, which were not mentioned above.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיָּ֖ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| אֶחָ֑ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַבָּקָ֥ר | habakar | the cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| שְׁנֵים־ | sheneim- | two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | tachtav | under it | H8478 → | 505 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיָּ֖םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
אֶחָ֑דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַבָּקָ֥רthe cattle
habakarH1241 →183 times
שְׁנֵים־two [plus]
sheneim-H8147 →768 times
עָשָׂ֖רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃under it
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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.