2 Chronicles 4:9
in 2 Chronicles 4He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
KJV
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHe made the court of the priests - This was the inner court. And the great court - This was the outer court, or place for the assembling of the people.
This 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”.
This site's exposition
the courtyard of the priests
Clarke identifies the courtyard of the priests as the inner court. The large court was the outer court, where the people assembled. Bronze covered these outer doors, while gold covered the doors of the house itself in verse 22.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
There were those things in the house of the Lord (into which the priests alone went to minister) that were very significant. The nearer we come to God the purer we must be, the purer we shall be. There were ten golden candlesticks, according to the form of that one which was in the tabernacle,
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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.
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ | vaiyaas | and he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| חֲצַ֣ר | chatzar | [the] court of | H2691 → | 191 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְהָעֲזָרָ֖ה | vehaazarah | and the precinct | H5835 → | 9 times |
| הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה | hagedolah | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וּדְלָת֧וֹת | udelatot | and doors | H1817 → | 88 times |
| לָעֲזָרָ֛ה | laazarah | for the precinct | H5835 → | 9 times |
| וְדַלְתוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם | vedaltoteihem | and doors their | H1817 → | 88 times |
| צִפָּ֥ה | tzipah | he overlaid | H6823 → | 47 times |
| נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙and he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
חֲצַ֣ר[the] court of
chatzarH2691 →191 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֔יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְהָעֲזָרָ֖הand the precinct
vehaazarahH5835 →9 times
הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה<the> great
hagedolahH1419 →526 times
וּדְלָת֧וֹתand doors
udelatotH1817 →88 times
לָעֲזָרָ֛הfor the precinct
laazarahH5835 →9 times
וְדַלְתוֹתֵיהֶ֖םand doors their
vedaltoteihemH1817 →88 times
צִפָּ֥הhe overlaid
tzipahH6823 →47 times
נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃bronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 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
1 Kings 7:12The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 6:36
Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:6
Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
- John 10:23
and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- Acts 5:12
The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people, and with one accord the believers gathered together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
- 1 Kings 6:36
Through
2 Kings 21:5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:12
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 23:4
Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the…
- 2 Kings 23:12
He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards…
- 1 Kings 7:12
Through
1 Kings 6:36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
it leads to
- Exodus 27:9–19
You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
- Exodus 27:9–19
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 on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.