Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:2
A molten sea: of this and 2 Chronicles 4:3-5, &c., See Poole "1 Kings 7:23", &c. read more
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Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:6
Ten lavers; of which see 1 Kings 7:38, &c. read more
Joseph Exell
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter describes the holy furniture of the temple and the court (2 Chronicles 4:1-10); the brass works of Huram (2 Chronicles 4:11-18); and the golden vessels of the sanctuary (2 Chronicles 4:19; ch. 2 Chronicles 5:1; cf. 1 Kings 7:48-51).2 Chronicles 4:1-10.—The furniture of the temple court. 2 Chronicles 4:1. Altar, of burnt offering, dimensions not given in Kings. 2 Chronicles 4:2-5. Brazen sea (cf. 1 Kings 7:23-26). Oxen, true reading appears to be knops, colocynths,... read more
Chuck Smith
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
Chapter 4Moreover he made an altar of brass, that was thirty feet long, and thirty feet wide, and it was fifteen feet high ( 2 Chronicles 4:1 ).This brazen altar for the offering of the sacrifices.And he made this molten ( 2 Chronicles 4:2 )They cast this huge brass bath for the priests to bathe in.the sea of fifteen feet from brim to brim, around in compass, seven and a half feet high; and it was, of course, forty-five feet around it. And under it was the likeness of oxen, twelve oxen that... read more
Joseph Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
2 Chronicles 4:1 . An altar of brass, twenty cubits in length and breadth, and ten cubits high, which was ascended, not by steps, Exodus 20:26, but by a sort of inclined plane; a very magnificent and most instructive altar, where sin was confessed, and typically expiated. 2 Chronicles 4:3 . Similitude of oxen ten in a cubit. This is a strange translation. The sense of the original appears to be, “a wreath of the ox-eye,” a species of grape or plum of a large size and dark colour,... read more
Joseph Exell
The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 4:1-10
2 Chronicles 4:1-10Moreover he made an altar of brase The furniture of the holy court1.The altar of brass. Larger than that in tabernacle. When God enlarges our borders and business we should increase our gifts.2. The sea of brass. God requires sanctity in all that approach Him (James 4:8).3. The ten layers. Not only the priests, but the sacrifices, must be washed. We must purify our persons and performances. Iniquity cleaves to our holy things.4. The ten golden candlesticks. One in tabernacle.... read more
John Trapp
John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:2
2Ch 4:2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. Ver. 2. Also he made a molten sea. ] See on 1 Kings 7:23 , &c. read more
John Trapp
John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:3
2Ch 4:3 And under it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was cast. Ver. 3. The similitude of oxen. ] Haply called knops. 1Ki 7:24 read more
John Trapp
John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:4
2Ch 4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward. Ver. 4. It stood upon twelve oxen. ] Prefiguring, say some, the twelve apostles, who carried the water of life all the world over. See 1 Kings 7:25 . read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
2 Chronicles 4:1 ff. It is probable that the Chronicler, in describing the Temple furniture was influenced by what he saw in Zerubbabel’ s Temple. 2 Chronicles 4:9 . the court of the priests. . . : the courts are described by the Chronicler as he saw them in his day; they were different in the first Temple (see 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 7:12). read more