2 Chronicles 4:2
in 2 Chronicles 4He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
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ASV
Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
KJV
Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He also made the Sea of cast metal
on 2 Chronicles 4:2-5
The molten sea repeats 1 Kings 7 with two small differences the commentators note rather than resolve. Its capacity is given as three thousand baths against Kings' two thousand. The oxen stand where Kings reads knops, likely gourds, a reading Barnes traces to an early copyist expecting oxen.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
It was put just at the entrance into the court of the priests, like the font at the church door. If it were filled to the brim, it would hold 3000 baths (as here,
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
he made a molten sea--(See on 1Ki 7:23), as in that passage "knops" occur instead of "oxen." It is generally supposed that the rows of ornamental knops were in the form of ox heads.
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The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֥עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיָּ֖ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| מוּצָ֑ק | mutzak | cast | H3332 → | 50 times |
| עֶ֣שֶׂר | ʾeser | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| בָּֽ֠אַמָּה | baamah | by the cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹ | misefato | from lip its | H8193 → | 176 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׂפָת֜וֹ | sefato | lip its | H8193 → | 176 times |
| עָג֣וֹל׀ | agol | round | H5696 → | |
| סָבִ֗יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וְחָמֵ֤שׁ | vechamesh | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| בָּֽאַמָּה֙ | baamah | by the cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| קֽוֹמָת֔וֹ | komato | height its | H6967 → | 45 times |
| וְקָו֙ | vekav | and a measuring-line | H6957 → | |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה | baamah | by the cubit | H520 → | 247 times |
| יָסֹ֥ב | yaso | it went round | H5437 → | 161 times |
| אֹת֖וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| סָבִֽיב׃ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
וַיַּ֥עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַיָּ֖םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
מוּצָ֑קcast
mutzakH3332 →50 times
עֶ֣שֶׂרten
ʾeserH6235 →176 times
בָּֽ֠אַמָּהby the cubit
baamahH520 →247 times
מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹfrom lip its
misefatoH8193 →176 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
שְׂפָת֜וֹlip its
sefatoH8193 →176 times
עָג֣וֹל׀round
agolH5696 →
סָבִ֗יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
וְחָמֵ֤שׁand five
vechameshH2568 →343 times
בָּֽאַמָּה֙by the cubit
baamahH520 →247 times
קֽוֹמָת֔וֹheight its
komatoH6967 →45 times
וְקָו֙and a measuring-line
vekavH6957 →
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
בָּֽאַמָּ֔הby the cubit
baamahH520 →247 times
יָסֹ֥בit went round
yasoH5437 →161 times
אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
סָבִֽיב׃all around
savivH5439 →336 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
Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the…
it leads to
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
- Hebrews 13:12
And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.
- Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by…
- Revelation 12:11
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- 1 John 1:7
Through
Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ephesians 2:8–9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- 2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
- 1 Corinthians 6:11
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About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
