Jeremiah 52:20 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 52:20

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.

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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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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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.”

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים׀	ha.'a.mu.Dim	the pillars	H5982 →
שְׁנַ֗יִם	she.Na.yim	two	H8147 →
הַיָּ֤ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
אֶחָד֙	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
וְהַבָּקָ֞ר	ve.ha.ba.Kar	and the bull[s]	H1241 →
שְׁנֵים־	she.neim-	two [plus]	H8147 →
עָשָׂ֤ר	'a.Sar	ten	H6240 →
נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙	ne.Cho.shet	bronze	H5178 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
תַּ֣חַת	Ta.chat	[were] under	H8478 →
הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת	ha.me.kho.Not	the stands	H4350 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עָשָׂ֛ה	'a.Sah	he had made	H6213 →
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
לְבֵ֣ית	le.Veit	for [the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הָיָ֣ה	ha.Yah	it belonged	H1961 →
מִשְׁקָ֔ל	mish.Kal	weight	H4948 →
לִנְחֻשְׁתָּ֖ם	lin.chush.Tam	to bronze their	H5178 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַכֵּלִ֥ים	ha.ke.Lim	the articles	H3627 →
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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…
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 independent 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.
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 independent 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.
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 independent 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.

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PersonSolomonDavid's son and the third king of Israel; the temple-builder and wisdom-king, to whom Psalms 72 and 127 are ascribed.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Jeremiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Jeremiah