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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

David often speaks with much affection both of the house of the Lord and of the courts of our God. Both without doors and within there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. I. There were those things in the open court, in the view of all the people, which were very significant. 1. There was the brazen altar, 2 Chron. 4:1. The making of this was not mentioned in the Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:6

He made also ten lavers - The lavers served to wash the different parts of the victims in; and the molten sea was for the use of the priests. In this they bathed, or drew water from it for their personal purification. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:8

A hundred basons of gold - These were doubtless a sort of paterae or sacrificial spoons, with which they made libations. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-6

Acceptable worship. "He made an altar of brass." This is a simple sentence enough, but it is one which had a great significance to the people of God. For to that brazen altar they came for many generations, and there they either worshipped/ God and gained his Divine favour, or they failed to do the one and to secure the other. It was the place of sanctity or profanation, of victory or defeat. It, with the various regulations that applied to it and provisions that were made for it, taught... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22

The altar, the sea, the light, and the bread. The homiletics of this chapter, viewed in certain general aspects, have been already treated with those of 2 Chronicles 3:1-17 . But it remains to notice other interesting and important aspects of the contents of this chapter. As soon as these are exhibited in such a manner as to make their relative importance apparent, they do indeed become of marked interest. I. First, and no doubt first in importance, we read of the great ALTAR OF ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:6

This verse, with 2 Chronicles 4:14 , 2 Chronicles 4:15 , are all here that represent the lengthy account of bases rather than layers, occupying in the parallel verses 27-39 of 1 Kings 7:1-51 , which, however, omits to state the use of either sea or layers. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:7

Ten candlesticks of gold . The only allusion to these in the parallel is found later on in part of the forty-ninth verse of 1 Kings 7:1-51 . According to their form. This expression, though so vague, might point to the fact that the form of the old candlestick of the tabernacle was adhered to ( Exodus 25:31 ). But considering the recurrence of the same words ( 1 Kings 7:20 ), there can be no doubt that the phrase is identical in its meaning with the use found in such passages as Le 1... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:7

Lights in the world. There are many difficulties and disagreements about the spiritual significance of the temple furniture; but there is a general agreement as to the meaning of the "candlestick," or of these "ten candlesticks of gold" to which the text refers. As in the "Divine compartment" of the "most holy place" the Shechinah was the symbol of the Divine presence, and spoke of the Lord God of Israel as the one true Light of the world, so in the human department of the "holy place'... read more

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