Jeremiah 52:20
in Jeremiah 52As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah—the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
KJV
The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
twelve brasen bulls that were under - Omitted in 2 Kings and in Jer 27:19. Probably rightly, for what is said here of their being under the bases is a mistake. The bases were under the ten lavers. The Septuagint makes sense by translating it: “the twelve brasen bulls under the sea.”
This site's exposition
the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord
on Jeremiah 52:17-23
The temple's bronze work is stripped and shipped to Babylon piece by piece, the two great pillars 1 Kings 7:21 names Jachin and Boaz, the molten sea, and the twelve bulls that carried it, Solomon's own craftsmanship undone in the same measurements it was first recorded in. The pillar's exact dimensions are repeated here, eighteen cubits, network and pomegranates round about, the bench reading the precision as the appendix's own care to record exactly what was lost rather than only that it was lost. The listing reads as an inventory rather than a lament, brass, silver, and gold accounted for vessel by vessel before the chapter turns to the people themselves.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Seraiah the chief priest is put first, whose sacred character could not exempt him from this stroke; how should it, when he himself had profaned it by sin? Seraiah the prince was a quiet prince ( ch. li. 59 ), but perhaps Seraiah the priest was not so, but unquiet and turbulent, by which he had made himself obnoxious to the king of Babylon.
The words behind it
24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים׀ | haamudim | the pillars | H5982 → | 111 times |
| שְׁנַ֗יִם | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הַיָּ֤ם | haiyam | the sea | H3220 → | 396 times |
| אֶחָד֙ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְהַבָּקָ֞ר | vehabakar | and the bull[s] | H1241 → | 183 times |
| שְׁנֵים־ | sheneim- | two [plus] | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עָשָׂ֤ר | ʾasar | ten | H6240 → | 338 times |
| נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תַּ֣חַת | tachat | [were] under | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת | hamekhonot | the stands | H4350 → | 24 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֛ה | ʾasah | he had made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | for [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָיָ֣ה | hayah | it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִשְׁקָ֔ל | mishkal | weight | H4948 → | |
| לִנְחֻשְׁתָּ֖ם | linchushtam | to bronze their | H5178 → | 140 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַכֵּלִ֥ים | hakelim | the articles | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים׀the pillars
haamudimH5982 →111 times
שְׁנַ֗יִםtwo
shenayimH8147 →768 times
הַיָּ֤םthe sea
haiyamH3220 →396 times
אֶחָד֙one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
וְהַבָּקָ֞רand the bull[s]
vehabakarH1241 →183 times
שְׁנֵים־two [plus]
sheneim-H8147 →768 times
עָשָׂ֤רten
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙bronze
nechoshetH5178 →140 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
תַּ֣חַת[were] under
tachatH8478 →505 times
הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹתthe stands
hamekhonotH4350 →24 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֛הhe had made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →
לְבֵ֣יתfor [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָיָ֣הit belonged
hayahH1961 →3559 times
מִשְׁקָ֔לweight
mishkalH4948 →
לִנְחֻשְׁתָּ֖םto bronze their
linchushtamH5178 →140 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַכֵּלִ֥יםthe articles
hakelimH3627 →325 times
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃<the> these
haelehH428 →746 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 Chronicles 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:3
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 10:14
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
- 1 Chronicles 29:4–7
three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
- 2 Kings 25:16
As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3
Through
2 Kings 25:16As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 7:47
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:47
Through
1 Kings 7:47Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:14
Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 22:16
in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
- 2 Chronicles 4:18
Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.