2 Chronicles 4
1 The altar of brass.
2 The molten sea upon twelve oxen.
6 The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables.
9 The courts, and the instruments of brass.
19 The instruments of gold.
altar <04196> [an altar.]
big ... basin .... Sea <03332 03220> [a molten sea.]
rim ... rim <08193> [brim to brim. Heb. his brim to his brim.]
Images <01823> [And under.]
bulls .................. bulls <01241> [oxen.]
In the parallel passage of Kings, instead of {bekarim,} "oxen," we have {peka‹m,} "knops," in the form of colocynths. (See on 1 Ki 6:18, and 2 Ki 4:39;) which last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to received be here; {bekarim,} "oxen," being a mistake for {peka‹m,} "knops." Houbigant, however, contends that the words in both places are right; but that {bakar} does not signify an ox here, but a large kind of grape, according to its meaning in Arabic. But Dr. A. Clarke states that {bakar,} or {bakarat,} has no such meaning in Arabic, though the phrase {aino 'lbikri,} or "ox-eye," signifies a species of black grape, very large, and of incredible sweetness; that consequently the criticism of this great man is not solid; and that the likeliest method of reconciling the two places is to suppose a change in the letters as above.
stood <05975> [It stood.]
Three .... three ... three .... three <07969> [three.]
lily blossom <06525 07799> [with flowers of lilies. or, like a lily flower. three thousand baths.]
In the parallel passage, it is said to hold only two thousand baths; which some think may be reconciled by supposing that the quantity of water which was commonly in it was 2,000 baths, but that, if filled up to the top, it would hold 3,000. But, as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less than that of the ancient Hebrews, it might be the same with measures of capacity; so that 2,000 of the ancient Jewish baths might have been equal to 3,000 of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot: "It received 3,000 baths of dry measure, and held 2,000 of liquid measure." See 1 Ki 7:26.
ten ... basins <03595 06235> [ten lavers.]
items .... burnt sacrifices <05930 04639> [such things as they offered for the burnt offering. Heb. the work of burnt offering.]
Sea <03220> [but the sea.]
ten ... lampstands <06235 04501> [ten candlesticks.]
according ... specifications <04941> [according to.]
ten tables <07979 06235> [ten tables.]
bowls <04219> [basons. or, bowls.]
courtyard ........ enclosure .... doors <02691 05835> [the court.]
pots <05518> [the pots.]
bowls <04219> [basons. or, bowls. finished. Heb. finished to make.]
two .... two <08147> [To wit.]
bowl-shaped .......... bowl-shaped <01543> [the pommels.]
four hundred <03967 0702> [four hundred.]
pillar <05982> [pillars. Heb. face of the pillars.]
movable stands <04350> [bases.]
basins <03595> [lavers. or, caldrons.]
pots shovels <05518 03257> [pots also.]
forks <04207> [flesh-hooks.]
Huram <02361> [Huram.]
[Hiram. his father.]
polished <04838> [bright. Heb. made bright, or scoured.]
earthen foundries <0127 05645> [clay ground. Heb. thicknesses of the ground. Zeredathah.]
[Zarthan.]
weigh <04948> [the weight.]
items <03627> [all the vessels.]
gold <02091> [the golden.]
tables <07979> [the tables.]
lampstands <04501> [the candlesticks.]
burned ... specified <01197 04941> [burn after.]
inner sanctuary <01687> [the oracle.]
flower-shaped <06525> [the flowers.]
Probably each branch of the chandelier was made like a plant in flower; and the opening of the flower was either the lamp, or served to support it.
pure gold <02091 04357> [perfect gold. Heb. perfections of gold.]
That is, the purest and best gold.
trimming <04212> [snuffers.]
basins <04219> [basons. or, bowls. the entry.]
Capellus and others suppose we should read, agreeably to 1 Ki 7:50, "The hinges also of the doors of the inner house," etc.; the word {pothoth,} "hinges," being mistaken for {paithach,} "an entry" or "door-way."
