2 Chronicles 4:17

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

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22

The Contents of the Temple1. An altar] This was in the Temple court. Though its construction is not described in Kings, it is mentioned in 1 Kings 8:64; 2 Kings 16:143. Oxen] rather, ’knops’ (i.e. gourds): see 1 Kings 7:24. 7. According to their form] RV ’According to the ordinance concerning them.’ In the temple] i.e. in the Holy Place.9. The great court] The word here used differs from that employed for ’the court of the priests.’ It was in the ’great court’ that the scaffold mentioned in 2... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 4:17

(17) In the clay ground.—Heb., in the thickness of the ground—i.e., in the stiff or clayey soil. Vulg., “in argillosa terra.” For ‘ăbî, “thickness,” see Job 15:26. Kings has ma‘ăbeh, which occurs nowhere else.Zeredathah.—Kings, Zârĕthân (Joshua 3:16). Zĕrçdâthâh means towards Zĕrĕthâh (1 Kings 11:26). The two names denote the same place. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22

The Moulding of the Vessels 2 Chronicles 4:17 I. In that temple of Solomon's we have a double type. 1. Those great and costly stones those marble blocks which were squared and polished leagues away from Jerusalem, and not brought thither till actually needed: so that not one echo of the saw, not one stroke of the mallet, was heard over all the dedicated ground. Their adaptation was perfected at a distance, and then they were set in their glorious home. 2. The brass and silver and gold work,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22

{e-Sword Note: 1 and 2 Chronicles were largely in topical format in the printed edition. When possible, this content has been divided by verse/chapter. Content that could not fit elsewhere was placed in the 1 and 2 Chronicles Book Comments for e-Sword.} read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22

CHAPTER 4 The Vessels that were for the House 1. The altar of brass (2 Chronicles 4:1 ) 2. The molten sea (2 Chronicles 4:2-5 ) 3. The ten loaves (2 Chronicles 4:6 ) 4. The ten candlesticks (2 Chronicles 4:7 ) 5. The ten tables (2 Chronicles 4:8 ) 6. The court (2 Chronicles 4:9-10 ) 7. The work of Huram (2 Chronicles 4:11-17 ) 8. The work of Solomon (2 Chronicles 4:18-22 ) The altar of brass, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits broad and ten cubits high, is not mentioned in the... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22

FURNISHINGS OF THE TEMPLE (vv.1-22) Some of the furnishings for the temple were placed on the outside, others inside. The bronze altar (v.1) was of course outside, and much larger than that made for the tabernacle, in fact 20 by 20 cubits, and 10 cubits high, - about 30 feet square and 15 feet high. Bronze (or copper) speaks of the holiness of God, so that the bronze altar emphasises the holy judgment of God borne by His holy Son as the one sacrifice for sin. Thus, we must meet God at the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22

SOLOMON ’S REIGN HIS PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER (2 Chronicles 1:1-3 ) With verses three and four compare 1 Chronicles 16:0 , and especially 1 Chronicles 16:37-40 . The tabernacle at Gibeon was the legal place for worship, but the threshing-floor on Matthew Moriah was chosen by David for the reason given (1 Chronicles 21:29 ). A comparison with the corresponding place in 1 Kings will show how this account is abbreviated as the matter was not necessary to the author’s purpose. HIS POWER AND... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22

2 Chronicles 4:0 1. Moreover he made an altar [the place of this altar was in the great court, as is evident from 2Ch 6:12-13 ] of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. 2. ¶ Also he made a molten sea [a gigantic laver for the ablution of the priests, corresponding to the laver of brass in the tabernacle (Exodus 30:18-21 ; Exo 38:8 )] of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof;... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:7-22

I include all these under one view; for of the whole it may be said, as the apostle hath before remarked, concerning the tabernacle in the wilderness, of those we cannot now speak particularly. But of this we may be sure, the Holy Ghost graciously signified, that by the whole, and from the use of all of them, the grand lesson taught was, that the way into the holiest of all, was not yet made manifest, until Christ being come; an high priest of good things to come. Precious Jesus! who shall... read more

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