2 Chronicles 2:1--4:22
ordered <0559> [determined.]
honor <08034> [for the name.]
temple .............. palace <01004> [an house.]
had 70,000 <05608 07657> [told out threescore.]
Huram <02361> [Huram.]
[Hiram.]
As thou didst.
build <01129> [build.]
dedicate <06942> [to dedicate.]
burn <06999> [to burn.]
fragrant incense <07004 05561> [sweet incense. Heb. incense of spices. the continual.]
burnt sacrifices <05930> [the burnt.]
festivals <04150> [the solemn feasts.]
great ....... greater <01419> [great.]
great ..... God ... greater .... gods <0430 01419> [great is our God.]
can <06113> [But who.]
can <06113> [is able. Heb. hath returned, or obtained strength. who am I then.]
only <0518> [save only.]
skilled .............................. skilled craftsmen <02450> [cunning.]
engrave <06605> [to grave. Heb. to grave gravings. whom David.]
Send ... cedars <07971 0730> [Send me also.]
algum <0418> [algum trees. or, algummim.]
Called in the parallel passage, by a transposition of letters, {almuggim,} or "almug-trees;" which is rendered by the Vulgate, {ligna thyina,} the thya or lignum vit‘ wood. Theophrastus say that "the thyon of thya tree grows near the temple of Jupiter Ammon (in Africa), and in the Cyrenaica; that it resembles the cypress in its boughs, leaves, stalk, and fruit; and that its wood (from its close texture) never rots." The LXX. render here [peukina;] and Josephus calls it [xyla peukina,] torch or pine-trees; but cautions us against supposing that the wood was like what was known in his time by that name; for these "were to the sight like the wood of the fig-tree, but more white and shining." The Syriac version has {kaiso dekee-sotho,} probably cypress wood; and Dr. Shaw supposes it denotes the cypress. Several critics understand it to mean gummy wood; and Celsius queries whether it may not be the sandal-tree, as the Rabbins and Dr. Geddes suppose.
[almug-trees.]
great magnificent <01419 06381> [wonderful great. Heb. great and wonderful.]
pay <05414> [I will give.]
gallons ... wine .... gallons <01324 03196> [baths of wine.]
Lord <03068> [Because.]
Huram <02361> [Huram.]
made ... sky <06213 08064> [that made heaven.]
<03045> [endued, etc. Heb. knowing prudence and understanding.]
temple .......... palace <01004> [an house.]
Huram <02361> [of Huram.]
<01121> [The son.]
knows <03045> [skilful.]
lord <0113> [which my lord.]
get <03772> [we will cut.]
need <06878> [as much as thou shalt need. Heb. according to all thy need.]
Joppa. Heb. Japho.
census .................... taken <05608> [numbered.]
<0582> [the strangers. Heb. the men the strangers. after the numbering.]
70,000 <07657> [threescore.]
"As it is ver. 2."
Solomon <08010> [A.M. 2993. B.C. 1011. An. Ex. Is. 480. Solomon.]
Mount Moriah <02022 04179> [in mount Moriah.]
appeared ..... David ....... David <07200 01732> [where the Lord appeared unto David. or, which was seen of]
David. Ornan.
[Araunah.]
second ..... second <08145> [in the second.]
Solomon <08010> [A.M. 2993-3000. B.C. 1011-1004. Solomon.]
foundation <03245> [instructed. Heb. founded. The length.]
old standard ... measure <04060 07223> [the first measure.]
It is supposed, with much probability, that the first measure means the cubit used in the time of Moses, contradistinguished from that used in Babylon, and which the Israelites used after their return from captivity: and, as these Books were written after the captivity, it was necessary for the writer to make this remark, lest it should be thought that the measurement was by the Babylonish cubit, which was a palm or one-sixth shorter than the cubit of Moses; which may serve to reconcile some variations in the historical books, with respect to numbers when applied to measures.
porch <0197> [the porch.]
30 feet .............. 30 feet <06242 03967> [an hundred and twenty.]
As the height of the temple was only thirty cubits, 120 seems too great a height for the porch; but the Syriac, Arabic, and the LXX. in the codex Alexandrinus, have only twenty, probably reading, instead of {maiah weesrim,} "one hundred and twenty," {ammoth esrim,} "twenty cubits;" which brings it within the proportion of the other measures.
boards <01419> [the greater.]
decorated <06823> [garnished. Heb. covered. precious.]
Parvaim <06516> [Parvaim.]
Parvaim is supposed by Calmet to be the same as Sepharvaim in Armenia or Media; Bochart is of opinion that it is Taprobanes, now the island of Ceylon, which he drives from {taph,} a border, and Parvan, i.e., "the coast of Parvan;" but the late Editor of Calmet thinks it the same as the Parvatoi mountains of Ptolemy, at the head of the Indus.
overlaid <02645> [overlaid.]
decorative cherubim <03742 06605> [graved cherubims.]
most holy place <06944> [the most holy.]
two .... cherubim <08147 03742> [two cherubims.]
made ... images <04639 06816> [image work. or, as some think, of movable work.]
inward <01004> [inward. or, toward the house.]
curtain <06532> [the vail.]
embroidered <05927> [wrought. Heb. caused to ascend.]
two pillars <08147 05982> [two pillars.]
52½ feet <07970> [thirty.]
The Syriac and Arabic have, agreeably to the parallel passage, "eighteen cubits high;" but the Septuagint, Chaldee, and Vulgate have "thirty and five cubits high." See the Note on 1 Ki 7:15.
length <0753> [high. Heb. long.]
ornamental chains ...................... chains <08333> [chains.]
one hundred <03967> [an hundred.]
set up <06965> [reared up.]
Jachin <03199> [Jachin. that is, He shall establish. Boaz. that is, In it is strength.]
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."
