2nd Chronicles Chapter 4

The bronze altar

4:1 THEN he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubitsאַמּוֹת
noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. For more info click here
the length of it, and twenty cubitsאַמּוֹת
noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. For more info click here
the width of it, and ten cubits אַמּוֹת
noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. For more info click here
the height of it.

Molten sea

4:2 Also he made a cast sea of ten cubitsאַמּוֹת
noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. For more info click here
from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubitsאַמּוֹת
noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. For more info click here
the height of it; and a line of thirty cubitsאַמּוֹת
noun — an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm. — ORIGIN Middle English : from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’. For more info click here
did wrapped around it.

4:3 And under it was the likeness of oxen, which wrapped around it: ten in a cubit, circling the sea around it. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
4:4 It stood on 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 on them, and all their back sides were inward.
4:5 And the thickness of it [was] a handwidth The width of the palm was a traditional unit in Ancient Egypt, Israel, Greece, and Rome and in medieval England, where it was also known as the hand, handwidth or handswidth., and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, like a lily flower; [and] it received and held three thousand baths.
4:6 He also made ten lavers noun archaic or literary a basin or similar container used for washing oneself. (in biblical use) a large brass bowl for the ritual ablutions of Jewish priests., 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 (or the great basin) [was] for the priestsכֹּהֲנִים
kôhêneem, ko-hane’ Kohenim = priests, Plural principal officers or chief rulers For more info click here
to wash in.

4:7 And he made ten menorahמְנוֹרָה
mᵊnôrâ pronounced:men-o-raw’ Lamp stand or candlestick For more info click here
of gold according to their order, and [placed them] in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

4:8 He made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made one hundred basins (or bowls) of gold.

Courts

4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priestsכֹּהֲנִים
kôhêneem, ko-hane’ Kohenim = priests, Plural principal officers or chief rulers For more info click here
, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with bronze.

4:10 And he set the sea (the great basin) on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
4:11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins (or bowls). And Huram finished the work that he had to make for king Solomonשְׁלֹמֹה
His two names mean “peaceful” and “friend of God”, both considered “predictive of the character of his reign Reign 970–931 BCE (hypothesised)For more info click here
for the house of Elohimהָאֱלֹהִים
of God – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here
;

4:12 [Namely], the two columns, and the pommels, and the capitals the uppermost member of a column or pilaster crowning the shaft and taking the weight of the entablature which were on the top of the two columns, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the capitals the uppermost member of a column or pilaster crowning the shaft and taking the weight of the entablature which [were] on the top of the columns;
4:13 And four hundred pomegranatesרִמּוֹנִים
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – Pronunciation:rim-mone’eem Some Jewish scholars believe the pomegranate was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. They were known in Ancient Israel as the fruits that the scouts brought to Moses to demonstrate the fertility of the “Promised Land”. According to the Books of Kings,the capitals of the two columns (Jachin and Boaz) that stood in front of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem were engraved with pomegranates For more info click here
on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranatesרִמּוֹנִים
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – Pronunciation:rim-mone’eem Some Jewish scholars believe the pomegranate was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. They were known in Ancient Israel as the fruits that the scouts brought to Moses to demonstrate the fertility of the “Promised Land”. According to the Books of Kings,the capitals of the two columns (Jachin and Boaz) that stood in front of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem were engraved with pomegranates For more info click here
on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the capitalsthe uppermost member of a column or pilaster crowning the shaft and taking the weight of the entablature [which] were on the columns.

4:14 He made also bases, and lavers noun archaic or literary a basin or similar container used for washing oneself. (in biblical use) a large brass bowl for the ritual ablutions of Jewish priests. made he upon the bases;
4:15 One sea (great basin), and twelve oxen under it.
4:16 The pots too, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their utensils, did Huram his father make to king Solomonשְׁלֹמֹה
His two names mean “peaceful” and “friend of God”, both considered “predictive of the character of his reign Reign 970–931 BCE (hypothesised)For more info click here
for the house of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of bright bronze.

4:17 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah (meaning fortress).
4:18 So Solomonשְׁלֹמֹה
His two names mean “peaceful” and “friend of God”, both considered “predictive of the character of his reign Reign 970–931 BCE (hypothesised)For more info click here
made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

4:19 And Solomonשְׁלֹמֹה
His two names mean “peaceful” and “friend of God”, both considered “predictive of the character of his reign Reign 970–931 BCE (hypothesized)For more info click here
made all the vessels that [were for] the house of Elohimהָאֱלֹהִים
of God – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here
, the golden altar also, and the tables where the showbreadלחם הפנים
Leḥem haPānīm, literally: “Bread of the Faces”, in the King James Version: shewbread, in a biblical or Jewish context, refers to the cakes or loaves of bread which were always present, on a specially-dedicated table, in the Temple in Jerusalem as an offering to God. An alternative, and more appropriate, translation would be presence bread, since the Bible requires that the bread be constantly in the presence of God
[was set];

4:20 Also the menorahמְנוֹרָה
mᵊnôrâ pronounced:men-o-raw’ Lamp stand or candlestick For more info click here
with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

4:21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
4:22 And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy לְקֹדֶשׁ
Transliteration qōḏeš Pronunciation ko’-desh a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:—consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (× most) holy (× day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary. For more info click here
[place], and the doors of the house of the temple, [were of] gold.

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