2 Chroniques 4:2-10 BDS

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:2

A molten sea . The Hebrew of this verse and of 1 Kings 7:23 are facsimiles of one author, except that here קָו stands, where the parallel shows קוֹה , probably the fruit merely of some error in transcription. Verses like these point not to the derivation of Chronicles from Kings, but rather of both from some older common source. This sea of brass superseded the laver of the tabernacle ( Exodus 30:18 , Exodus 30:28 ; Exodus 31:9 ; Exodus 35:16 ; Exodus 39:39 ). It was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

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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

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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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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:8

Ten tables . These tables also (the use of which is given in 2 Chronicles 4:19 ) are not mentioned, so far as their making is concerned, in the parallel, except in its summary, verse 48 (cf. 1 Kings 7:1-51 .), where furthermore only one table, called "the table" ( Exodus 25:23 ), is specified, with which agrees our 2 Chronicles 29:18 . It is hard to explain this variation of statement. It is at least an arbitrary and forced explanation to suppose that ten tables constituted the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:8

God's bounty and our response. The significance of the table of shew-bread (of which Solomon, in his desire for fulness and richness of provision, now made ten) depends on its position and on the objects it was to sustain. The table stood in the "holy place," very near to the inner sanctuary, where the presence of God was symbolized; and it bore upon it the shewbread, or "bread of presence;" this was so called because it was "the shewbread before me always" ( Exodus 25:30 ), continually... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:9

The court of the priests . The construction of this court of the priests, withheld here, given there, leaves it ambiguous whether the "three rows of hewed stones and one row of cedar beams "intends a description of fence, as the Septuagint seems to have taken it, or of a higher floor with which the part in question was dignified. The citation Jeremiah 36:10 , though probably pointing to this same court, can scarcely be adduced as any support of J. D. Michaelis' suggestion of this latter,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:2

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:9

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