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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

David often speaks with much affection both of the house of the Lord and of the courts of our God. Both without doors and within there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. I. There were those things in the open court, in the view of all the people, which were very significant. 1. There was the brazen altar, 2 Chron. 4:1. The making of this was not mentioned in the Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:11-22

We have here such a summary both of the brass-work and the gold-work of the temple as we had before (1 Kgs. 7:13-51), in which we have nothing more to observe than, 1. That Huram the workman was very punctual: He finished all that he was to make (2 Chron. 4:11), and left no part of his work undone. Huram, his father, he is called, 2 Chron. 4:16. Probably it was a sort of nickname by which he was commonly known, Father Huram; for the king of Tyre called him Huram Abi, my father, in compliance... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:3

Under it was the similitude of oxen - In 1 Kings 7:24 , instead of oxen, בקרים bekarim , we have knops, פקעים pekaim ; and this last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to be received here. What we call knops may signify grapes, mushrooms, apples, or some such ornaments placed round about under the turned over lip or brim of this caldron. It is possible that בקרים bekarim , oxen, may be a corruption of פקעים pekaim , grapes, as the פ pe ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:5

It - held three thousand baths - In 1 Kings 7:26 , it is said to hold only two thousand baths. As this book was written after the Babylonish captivity, it is very possible that reference is here made to the Babylonish bath which might have been less than the Jewish. We have already seen that the cubit of Moses, or of the ancient Hebrews, was longer than the Babylonish by one palm; see on 2 Chronicles 3:3 ; (note). It might be the same with the measures of capacity; so that two... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:6

He made also ten lavers - The lavers served to wash the different parts of the victims in; and the molten sea was for the use of the priests. In this they bathed, or drew water from it for their personal purification. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:8

A hundred basons of gold - These were doubtless a sort of paterae or sacrificial spoons, with which they made libations. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:9

He made the court of the priests - This was the inner court. And the great court - This was the outer court, or place for the assembling of the people. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:16

Huram his father - אב ab , father, is often used in Hebrew to signify a master, inventor, chief operator, and is very probably used here in the former sense by the Chaldee: All these Chiram his master made for King Solomon; or Chiram Abi, or rather Hiram, made for the king. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 4:17

In the clay ground - See on 1 Kings 7:46 ; (note). Some suppose that he did not actually cast those instruments at those places, but that he brought the clay from that quarter, as being the most proper for making moulds to cast in. read more

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