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Jeremiah 52:20

in Jeremiah 52

As 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.

BSB

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

5 notes on this verse
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 Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars

on Jeremiah 52:17-23

The Chaldeans break up “the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea”, with the twelve bulls “that King Solomon had made.” The pillars, named Jachin and Boaz in 1 Kings 7:21, are measured again: “eighteen cubits tall.” The list runs as an inventory of bronze, gold, and silver.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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 two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

In English Version, "bases," therefore, must mean the lower parts of the sea under which the bulls were. Rather, translate, "the bulls were in the place of (that is, 'by way of'; so the Hebrew, 1Sa 14:9), bases," or supports to the sea [BUXTORF].

The words behind it

24 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • 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.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 7:25The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.5 works1 Kings 7:47Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.4 works2 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.3 works2 Chronicles 4:18Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.3 works1 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 provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.2 works1 Chronicles 22:3David 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 weighed2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Kings 7:23He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.2 works1 Kings 7:27In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.2 works2 Kings 16:17King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 22:14

    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…

    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.

  • Through

    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.

    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.

  • Through

    1 Kings 7:47

    Solomon 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.

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 52 →

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; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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