2Ch 4:6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea [was] for the priests to wash in. Ver. 6. He made also ten lavers. ] See on 1 Kings 7:37 . read more
a molten sea: Exodus 30:18-Ecclesiastes :, 1 Kings 7:23, Zechariah 13:1, Titus 3:5, Revelation 7:14 brim to brim: Heb. his brim to his brim Reciprocal: 1 Kings 6:29 - carved figures 2 Kings 25:13 - bases 1 Chronicles 18:8 - wherewith 2 Chronicles 4:6 - but the sea 2 Chronicles 4:15 - General Jeremiah 27:19 - the pillars read more
And under: 1 Kings 7:24-Ezekiel :, Ezekiel 1:10, Ezekiel 10:14, 1 Corinthians 9:9-2 Samuel :, Revelation 4:7 oxen: In the parallel passage of Kings, instead of bekarim, "oxen," we have pekaim, "knops," in the form of colocynths. (See note on 1 Kings 6:18, and see note on 2 Kings 4:39); which last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to received be here; bekarim, "oxen," being a mistake for pekaim, "knops." Houbigant, however, contends that the words in both places are... read more
It stood: Matthew 16:18, Ephesians 2:20, Revelation 21:14 three: Matthew 28:19, Matthew 28:20, Mark 16:15, Luke 24:46, Luke 24:47, Acts 9:15 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:25 - General read more
with flowers of lilies: or, like a lily flower three thousand baths: In the parallel passage, it is said to hold only two thousand baths; which some think may be reconciled by supposing that the quantity of water which was commonly in it was 2,000 baths, but that, if filled up to the top, it would hold 3,000. But, as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less than that of the ancient Hebrews, it might be the same with measures of capacity; so that 2,000 of the ancient Jewish... read more
ten lavers: Exodus 30:18-Ecclesiastes :, 1 Kings 7:38, 1 Kings 7:40, Psalms 51:2, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 1 John 1:7 such things as they offered for the burnt offering: Heb. the work of burnt offering, Leviticus 1:9, Leviticus 1:13, Ezekiel 40:38 but the sea: 2 Chronicles 4:2, Exodus 29:4, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 9:23, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 1:6, Revelation 7:14 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:26 - it contained 1 Kings 7:39 - he set 2 Chronicles 4:14 - lavers Jeremiah 52:19 - and the candlesticks read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:5
2Ch 4:5 And the thickness of it [was] an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; [and] it received and held three thousand baths. Ver. 5. Three thousand baths. ] See on 1 Kings 7:26 . There it is said "two thousand baths": Dicendum hic addi, &c., salth Vatablus. This prophet addeth what is wanting in the other; ea enim est mens autheris huius libri, for that is the design of this our author. read more