(2) Even if pôthôth be correct in Kings, the chronicler might have understood the word to mean openings, rather than hinges, and so have substituted the common word pethah, which has that sense. The resemblance of the one word to the other would be a further consideration in its favour, according to ancient notions of interpretation. read more
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
{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
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
4:2 Also he made a molten {a} 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.(a) A great vessel of brass, so called because of the great quantity of water which it contained, 1 Kings 7:24. read more
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
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
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
Can anything be more similar, in figure and type, than this molten sea to the fountain opened in gospel-times for sin and for uncleanness? And observe the vast size of it, to denote the infinite fullness that there is in Jesus. Oh! for faith to wash and be clean in the blood of the Lamb! John 1:29 . read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 4:1-2
(a) THE PRINCIPAL VESSELS OF THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 4:1-10).THE BRAZEN ALTAR (2 Chronicles 4:1).(l) An altar of brass.—The brazen altar, or altar of burnt offering, made by Solomon, is not noticed in the parallel chapters of Kings (1 Kings 6:7) which describe the construction of the temple and its vessels of service, but it is incidentally mentioned in another passage of the older work (1 Kings 9:25), and its existence seems to be implied in 1 Kings 8:22; 1 Kings 8:64. This altar stood in the... read more