2 Chronicles 4:6
in 2 Chronicles 4He 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 Sea for washing.
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ASV
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
KJV
He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He also made ten basins for washing
on 2 Chronicles 4:6-9
Where the tabernacle held one lampstand and one table, the temple holds ten of each, and ten basins beside the one Sea. Verse 6 divides the work exactly: “The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing”.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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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As the priests must be washed, so must the sacrifices. We must not only purify ourselves in preparation for our religious performances, but carefully put away all those vain thoughts and corrupt aims which cleave to our performances themselves and pollute them.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
ten lavers--(See on 1Ki 7:27). The laver of the tabernacle had probably been destroyed. The ten new ones were placed between the porch and the altar, and while the molten sea was for the priests to cleanse their hands and feet, these were intended for washing the sacrifices.
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He made also ten lavers - The lavers served to wash the different parts of the victims in; and the molten sea was for the use of the priests. In this they bathed, or drew water from it for their personal purification.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כִּיּוֹרִים֮ | kiyorim | lavers | H3595 → | 23 times |
| עֲשָׂרָה֒ | ʾasarah | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| וַ֠יִּתֵּן | vaiyiten | and he put | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה | chamishah | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| מִיָּמִ֜ין | miyamin | from [the] south | H3225 → | 140 times |
| וַחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה | vachamishah | and five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| מִשְּׂמֹאול֙ | misemol | from [the] left | H8040 → | 54 times |
| לְרָחְצָ֣ה | lerachetzah | to wash | H7364 → | |
| בָהֶ֔ם | vahem | in them | ||
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה | maaseh | [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| הָעוֹלָ֖ה | haolah | the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| יָדִ֣יחוּ | yadichu | people rinsed | H1740 → | |
| בָ֑ם | vam | in them | ||
| וְהַיָּ֕ם | vehaiyam | and the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| לְרָחְצָ֥ה | lerachetzah | to wash | H7364 → | |
| לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | lakohanim | [was] for the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| בּֽוֹ׃ ס | bo | in it |
וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
כִּיּוֹרִים֮lavers
kiyorimH3595 →23 times
עֲשָׂרָה֒ten
ʾasarahH6235 →176 times
וַ֠יִּתֵּןand he put
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
חֲמִשָּׁ֨הfive
chamishahH2568 →343 times
מִיָּמִ֜יןfrom [the] south
miyaminH3225 →140 times
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֤הand five
vachamishahH2568 →343 times
מִשְּׂמֹאול֙from [the] left
misemolH8040 →54 times
לְרָחְצָ֣הto wash
lerachetzahH7364 →
בָהֶ֔םin them
vahem
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה[the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
הָעוֹלָ֖הthe burnt offering
haolahH5930 →287 times
יָדִ֣יחוּpeople rinsed
yadichuH1740 →
בָ֑םin them
vam
וְהַיָּ֕םand the sea
vehaiyamH3220 →396 times
לְרָחְצָ֥הto wash
lerachetzahH7364 →
לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים[was] for the priests
lakohanimH3548 →750 times
בּֽוֹ׃ סin it
bo
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
Psalms 51:2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
it leads to
- 1 John 1:7–9
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.
- Hebrews 10:21–22
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
- Ezekiel 36:25
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Jeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
- Psalms 51:7
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- 1 John 1:7–9
Through
1 Kings 7:40Additionally, 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:
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 4:11–16
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:
- 2 Chronicles 4:8
Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- 2 Chronicles 4:11–16
Through
Ezekiel 40:38There was a chamber with a doorway by the portico in each of the inner gateways. There the burnt offering was to be washed.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 41:10–11
and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
- Ezekiel 41:10–11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.