John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-22
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John Gill
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
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1
An altar of brass . This in worthier material superseded the temporary altar of the tabernacle ( Exodus 27:1 , Exodus 27:2 ), made of shittim wood, and its dimensions five cubits long and broad and three cubits high. Large as was the present altar of brass as compared with the altar that preceded, it fell far short of the requirements of the grand day of dedication ( 1 Kings 8:64 ). No statement of the making of this altar occurs in the parallel. The place of it would be between 2... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 4:1-6
Acceptable worship. "He made an altar of brass." This is a simple sentence enough, but it is one which had a great significance to the people of God. For to that brazen altar they came for many generations, and there they either worshipped/ God and gained his Divine favour, or they failed to do the one and to secure the other. It was the place of sanctity or profanation, of victory or defeat. It, with the various regulations that applied to it and provisions that were made for it, taught... read more
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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