Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Chronicles 4:17
Zeredathah - Or, Zarthan (marginal reference). The writer of Chronicles probably uses the name which the place bore in his own day.
Zeredathah - Or, Zarthan (marginal reference). The writer of Chronicles probably uses the name which the place bore in his own day.
Verse 2 Chronicles 4:17. _IN THE CLAY GROUND _] See on 1 Kings 7:46. Some suppose that he did not actually cast those instruments at those places, but that he brought the _clay_ from that quarter, as...
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...
_in the clay ground_ G. A. Smith (_Historical Geography_, p. 488) speaks of traces of old brick-fields found by Sir C. Warren in the Jordan valley. _Succoth_is perhaps _Tell Deir -Alla_, east of Jorda...
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...
_TO WIT, THE TWO PILLARS, AND THE POMMELS, AND THE CHAPITERS WHICH WERE ON THE TOP OF THE TWO PILLARS, AND THE TWO WREATHS TO COVER THE TWO POMMELS OF THE CHAPITERS WHICH WERE ON THE TOP OF THE PILLAR...
4:17 plain (h-3) 'The circle.' see Genesis 13:10 ....
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...
IN THE CLAY GROUND. — Heb., _in the thickness of the ground_ — _i.e.,_ in the stiff or clayey soil. Vulg., “in argillosa terra.” For _‘ăbî,_ “thickness,” see Job 15:26. Kings has _ma‘ăbeh,_ which occu...
בְּ כִכַּ֤ר הַ יַּרְדֵּן֙ יְצָקָ֣ם הַ מֶּ֔לֶך
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...
CHAPTER IV. _ Saredatha, or Sarthan, (3 Kings vii. 46.) not far from Bethsan, 3 Kings iv. 12. (Calmet)_...
I include all these under one view; for of the whole it may be said, as the apostle hath before remarked, concerning the tabernacle in the wilderness, of those we cannot now speak particularly. But of...
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....
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. Ver. 17. _In the clay ground._] In holes digged in the earth, without moulds did he cast them, say so...
_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...
THE VESSELS OF BRASS AND OF GOLD...
In the Plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground, which was particularly adapted for the molds used in casting, BETWEEN SUCCOTH AND ZEREDATHAH (or Zarthan), 1 Kings 7:46....
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...
CLAY GROUND: _ Heb._ thicknesses of the ground...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 4:17 plain H3603 Jordan H3383 king H4428 cast H3332 (H8804) clay H5645 molds H127 Succoth H5523
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...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 4:11 The BRONZE vessels and furnishings were in the temple entrance and court, while those inside (the place of greater holiness) were of GOLD. The
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 7:46...