George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Chronicles 4:5
Three. 3 Kings two, may specify the usual quantity that was contained, though the vessel would absolutely hold a thousand measures, or baths, more. (Haydock)
Three. 3 Kings two, may specify the usual quantity that was contained, though the vessel would absolutely hold a thousand measures, or baths, more. (Haydock)
Verse 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 possibl...
THREE THOUSAND BATHS - See 1 Kings 7:23 note. It is quite possible that either here or in Kings the text may have been accidentally corrupted....
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) 3. The ten loaves (2 Chronicles 4:6) 4. The ten candl
2 CHRONICLES 4:1 FF. It is probable that the Chronicler, in describing the Temple furniture was influenced by what he saw in Zerubbabel's Temple. 2 Chronicles 4:9. the court of the priests...: the cou...
RECEIVED AND HELD THREE THOUSAND BATHS. 1 Kings 7:26 says 2,000; and it is alleged that "there must be. mistake in the figures". But no: 1 Kings 7:26 speaks of what it usually "contained", while here...
_the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup,_with _flowers of lilies_ R.V. THE BRIM THEREOF WAS WROUGHT LIKE THE BRIM OF A CUP, LIKE THE FLOWER OF A LILY. _three thousand baths_ In 1 Kings 7:26...
3. BUILDING THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 3:1 to 2 Chronicles 5:1) TEXT 2 Chronicles 3:1. Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah, appeared unto David...
_IT STOOD UPON 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 UPON THE...
4:5 baths. (d-27) See 1 Kings 7:26 ....
THE CONTENTS OF THE TEMPLE 1. An ALTAR] This was in the Temple court. Though its construction is not described in Kings, it is mentioned in 1 Kings 8:64; 2 Kings 16:14...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 SOLOMON MAKES VARIOUS OBJECTS FOR USE IN THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 4:1-22...
AND THE THICKNESS ... A CUP. — Identical with 1 Kings 7:26. WITH FLOWERS OF LILIES. — See margin. “Lily” here is _shôshannâh;_ in Kings, _shôshân._ LXX., “graven with lily buds.” Syriac and Arabic, “...
וְ עָבְיֹ֣ו טֶ֔פַח וּ שְׂפָתֹו֙ כְּ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a commu...
The period occupied in building the Temple was seven years 1 Kings 6:38). The work being completed with filial and godly care, the king carried into the sacred enclosure all that his father had collec...
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 (d) three thousand baths. (d) In the first book...
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 fulln...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7. Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to Him...
2 Chronicles 3:1....
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 b...
_A.M. 2992. B.C. 1012._ The brazen altar, sea, and lavers, 2 Chronicles 4:1. _The golden candlesticks and tables_, _2Ch 4:7, 2 Chronicles 4:8_. The doors overlaid with brass, the vessels of the altar...
[DIUERS VESSELS FOR THE TEMPLE.] 1 The Altar of brasse. 2 The molten Sea vpon twelue oxen. 6 The ten lauers, canstlesticks, and tables. 9 The Courts & the instruments of brasse. 19 The instrument...
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, rather, like the blossom of a lily; AND IT RECEIVED AND HELD THREE THOUSAND BA...
THE ALTAR, THE MOLTEN SEA, AND THE LAVERS...
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...
WITH FLOWERS OF LILLIES: Or, like a lilyflower...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 4:5 handbreadth H2947 thick H5672 brim H8193 shaped H4639 brim H8193 cup H3563 lily H7799 blossom H6
CONTENTS: Further details about the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Hiram the artificer. CONCLUSION: Everything in the temple directed the worshipper to the great propitiation. So should we in all our devo...
2 Chronicles 4:1. _An altar of brass,_ twenty cubits in length and breadth, and ten cubits high, which was ascended, not by steps, Exodus 20:26, but by a sort of inclined plane; a very magnificent and...
_Moreover he made an altar of brase _ THE FURNITURE OF THE HOLY COURT 1. The altar of brass. Larger than that in tabernacle. When God enlarges our borders and business we should increase our gifts....
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 4:2 On various details of the temple, see notes on 1 Kings 7:23–47. The SEA was a large, circular water tank, outside the southeast corner of the temple ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter describes the holy furniture of the temple and the court (2 Chronicles 4:1); the brass works of Huram (2 Chronicles 4:11); and the golden vessels of the sanctuary (2 Chro...
EXPOSITION This chapter is occupied with some account of the _contents _of the house, following naturally upon the account of the structure, dimensions, and main features of the building given in the...
Moreover he made an altar of brass, that was thirty feet long, and thirty feet wide, and it was fifteen feet high (2 Chronicles 4:1). This brazen altar for the offering of the sacrifices. And he mad...
1 Kings 7:26...