2 Chronicles 4:16
in 2 Chronicles 4and 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his father make for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.
KJV
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseHuram his father - אב ab, father, is often used in Hebrew to signify a master, inventor, chief operator, and is very probably used here in the former sense by the Chaldee: All these Chiram his master made for King Solomon; or Chiram Abi, or rather Hiram, made for the king.
This 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.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Probably it was a sort of nickname by which he was commonly known, Father Huram; for the king of Tyre called him Huram Abi, my father, in compliance with whom Solomon called him his, he being a great artist and father of the artificers in brass and iron. He acquitted himself well both for ingenuity and industry. Solomon was very generous.
His father - He is so called because Solomon usually called him by that name out of that great respect which he bare to him for his excellent art and service which he did for him: it being usual to call great artists and inventors of things by this name.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Huram his father - Or, “Huram his master-workman” (2Ch 2:13 note).
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
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
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַ֠סִּירוֹת | hasirot | the pots | H5518 → | 34 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַיָּעִ֤ים | haiyaim | the shovels | H3257 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְלָגוֹת֙ | hamizlagoyt | the forks | H4207 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵיהֶ֔ם | keleihem | articles their | H3627 → | 325 times |
| עָשָׂ֞ה | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| חוּרָ֥ם | churam | Huram | H2361 → | 13 times |
| אָבִ֛יו | ʾaviv | Abi | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | lamelekh | for the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | for [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| נְחֹ֖שֶׁת | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| מָרֽוּק׃ | maruk | polished | H4838 → |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַ֠סִּירוֹתthe pots
hasirotH5518 →34 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַיָּעִ֤יםthe shovels
haiyaimH3257 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְלָגוֹת֙the forks
hamizlagoytH4207 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵיהֶ֔םarticles their
keleihemH3627 →325 times
עָשָׂ֞הhe made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
חוּרָ֥םHuram
churamH2361 →13 times
אָבִ֛יוAbi
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְfor the king
lamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →291 times
לְבֵ֣יתfor [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
נְחֹ֖שֶׁתbronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
מָרֽוּק׃polished
marukH4838 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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 Chronicles 28:17the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 2:13–14
or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
- 1 Kings 10:21
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the…
- Numbers 7:13–14
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for…
- 1 Kings 7:48–50
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
- 2 Chronicles 4:20–22
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
- 1 Samuel 2:13–14
Through
2 Chronicles 4:11Additionally, 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:
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:14
He 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…
- 1 Kings 7:40–51
Additionally, 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:
- 1 Kings 7:14
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.