2 Chronicles 4:11-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:13

Four hundred pomegranates . This number of pomegranates substantially agrees with the parallel ( 1 Kings 7:20 ), There were two hundred of them on each wreath that encircled the chapiter. The pomegranate was a favourite ornament in work as well as in more solid architectural forms ( Exodus 28:33 , Exodus 28:34 ). The popularity of the fruit as food ( Numbers 13:23 ; Numbers 20:5 ; Deuteronomy 8:8 ; Joshua 15:32 ; Joshua 21:25 ), its simple beauty to the eye (So 2 Chronicles... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:14

Bases . The first mention of these in Chronicles, on which so much is said in the parallel ( 1 Kings 7:27-39 ). The Hebrew word is מְכוֹנָה , occurring eighteen times in Kings, twice in Chronicles, once in Ezra, and three times in Jeremiah. These bases were, as may be learnt more fully in the parallel, pedestals of brass four cubits square by three and a half high, supported by wheels a cubit and a half in diameter. The pedestals were richly decorated with mouldings, and with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:16

Flesh-hooks . Hebrew, מִזְלָגוֹח , occurring twice in Exodus ( Exodus 27:3 ; Exodus 38:3 ), once in Numbers, and twice in Chronicles. Another form of the same root, מַזְלֵג occurs twice in Samuel, in the same sense of "flesh-hook" ( 1 Samuel 2:13 , 1 Samuel 2:14 ), where also its use is made dramatically plain. Huram his father ; i.e. his chief artist. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:17

In the plain … in the clay ; i.e. in the Ciccar (or round, equivalent to the New Testament "region round about ") of Jordan, a distinctive designation of the Jordan valley. The region here intended lies east of the river, in what became the division of Gad. Succoth lay a little to the north of the river Jabbok, which flows almost east to west into the Jordan. Zeredathah; i.q. Zarthan of 1 Kings 7:46 ; and this latter is in the Hebrew also the same in characters and all with the ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:17

An ancient manufactory. I. To WHOM IT BELONGED . To Solomon the king. II. WHERE IT WAS SITUATED . In the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah, both of which were in the plain of Jordan. III. BY WHOM IT WAS MANAGED . By Hiram the artist. IV. THE FABRICS IT PRODUCED . The articles above described, all the vessels for the house of God.—W. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:16

Huram his father - Or, “Huram his master-workman” (2 Chronicles 2:13 note). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:17

Zeredathah - Or, Zarthan (marginal reference). The writer of Chronicles probably uses the name which the place bore in his own day. 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 4:12

pommels = bowls. wreaths = network. read more

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