2 Chronicles 4:11
in 2 Chronicles 4Additionally, 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:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:
KJV
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
he set the sea on the right side
on 2 Chronicles 4:10-18
Huram, sent by the king of Tyre, finishes the whole of Solomon's bronze work: the sea set toward the southeast, the lavers, and the pillars with their pomegranates already named in chapter three, all cast in the clay ground of the Jordan plain between Succoth and Zeredathah. Verse sixteen calls him Huram his father, an honorific for a master craftsman rather than a claim of kinship, the same title the king of Tyre used of him. The metal inventory closes at verse eighteen with brass beyond any count, an abundance the book keeps stating rather than assuming.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
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 ▾
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
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 |
| חוּרָ֔ם | churam | Huram | H2361 → | 13 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַ֨סִּיר֔וֹת | hasirot | the pots | H5518 → | 34 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיָּעִ֖ים | haiyaim | the shovels | H3257 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְרָק֑וֹת ס | hamizrakot | the bowls | H4219 → | 32 times |
| וַיְכַ֣ל | vaykhal | and he finished | H3615 → | 208 times |
| חוּרָ֗ם | chyram | Huram | H2361 → | 13 times |
| לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה | hamelakhah | the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֛ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | lamelekh | for the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| בְּבֵ֥ית | beveit | on [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַיַּ֣עַשׂand he made
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
חוּרָ֔םHuram
churamH2361 →13 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַ֨סִּיר֔וֹתthe pots
hasirotH5518 →34 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַיָּעִ֖יםthe shovels
haiyaimH3257 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְרָק֑וֹת סthe bowls
hamizrakotH4219 →32 times
וַיְכַ֣לand he finished
vaykhalH3615 →208 times
חוּרָ֗םHuram
chyramH2361 →13 times
לַעֲשׂוֹת֙to do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמְּלָאכָ֔הthe work
hamelakhahH4399 →167 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֛הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְfor the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
בְּבֵ֥יתon [the] house of
beveitH1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 7:14He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 2:14
He is the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father is a man of Tyre. He is skilled in work with gold and silver, bronze and iron, stone and…
- 2 Chronicles 4:16
and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
- Exodus 31:2–6
“See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
- Exodus 35:30
Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
- Isaiah 28:26
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
- 2 Chronicles 2:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.