The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:4
The words of the Hebrew text of this verse and the parallel ( 1 Kings 7:25 ) are facsimiles. read more
歴代志下 4:1-6 Jc
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:5
An handbreadth . Not זֶרֶת , "a span", but טֶפַח , "the palm of the open hand," the breadth of the four fingers, which Thenius puts at 3.1752 inches, but Conder's table at 2.66 inches. It received and held should be translated, it was able to hold . Three thousand baths. The parallel has two thousand baths, and this latter is the likelier reading. It is, however, conceivable that the statement of Kings may purport to give the quantity of water used, and that of Chronicles the... 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
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:1
The supplementary character of Chronicles is here once more apparent. The author of Kings had omitted to record the dimensions of the brass altar. It stood in the great court 2 Chronicles 6:12-13. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:3
For “oxen” we find in 1 Kings 7:24, “knops” or “gourds.” An early copyist, not comprehending the comparatively rare word here used for “gourd,” and expecting to hear of oxen, as soon as the molten sea was mentioned, changed the reading. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:5
Three thousand baths - See 1 Kings 7:23 note. It is quite possible that either here or in Kings the text may have been accidentally corrupted. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
A.M. 2992. B.C. 1012. The brazen altar, sea, and lavers, 2 Chronicles 4:1-6 . The golden candlesticks and tables, 2Ch 4:7 , 2 Chronicles 4:8 . The doors overlaid with brass, the vessels of the altar, and other brass work, 2 Chronicles 4:9-18 . The golden altar of incense, with its appurtenances, 2 Chronicles 4:19-22 . NOTES ON CHAPTER 4. 2 Chronicles 4:1-2. Ten cubits the height thereof This was too high for the priests to lay the victims on it, without going up some kind of... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
Construction of the temple (2:1-7:22)With the help of King Hiram of Tyre, Solomon prepared materials and arranged a workforce to build the planned temple (2:1-18; see notes on 1 Kings 5:1-18). Construction went on for seven years, until the temple, its furniture, its courtyard, and all other articles and decorations connected with it were completed according to plan (3:1-5:1; see notes on 1 Kings 6:1-7:51). The temple was then dedicated to God (5:2-7:22; see notes on 1 Kings 8:1-9:9). read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 4:3
in a cubit: or, to the height of a cubit (i.e. one-fifth of the brazen sea). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:3
The similitude of oxen. The parallel gives simply "knops" ( i.e. flower-buds) in the room of this expression, and no word "similitude" at all, the characters spelling the word for "knops" being פְּקָעִים , and those for "oxen" being בְּקָרִים . The presence of the word "similitude" strongly suggests that the circles of decoration under description showed the likenesses of oxen, not necessarily (as Patrick) "stamped" on the so-called knops, but possibly constituting them. For the... read more