Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10
David often speaks with much affection both of the house of the Lord and of the courts of our God. Both without doors and within there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ.
I. There were those things in the open court, in the view of all the people, which were very significant.
1. There was the brazen altar, Ch2 4:1. The making of this was not mentioned in the Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered, and it sanctified the gift. This altar was much larger than that which Moses made in the tabernacle; that was five cubits square, this was twenty cubits square. Now that Israel had become both numerous and m…
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ten candlesticks--(See on Kg1 7:49). The increased number was not only in conformity with the characteristic splendor of the edifice, but also a standing emblem to the Hebrews, that the growing light of the word was necessary to counteract the growing darkness in the world [LIGHTFOOT].
Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:9
He made the court of the priests - This was the inner court.
And the great court - This was the outer court, or place for the assembling of the people.
John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1
See Introduction to Chapter 4
Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:9-10
The two courts are not further described. For the court of the priests, see on Kg1 6:36 and Kg1 7:12. As to the great or outer court, the only remark made is that it had doors, and its doors, i.e., the folds or leaves of the doors, were overlaid with copper. In Ch2 4:10 we have a supplementary statement as to the position of the brazen sea, which coincides with Kg1 7:39; see on the passage. In Ch2 4:11 the heavier brazen (copper) utensils, belonging to the altar of burnt-offering, are mentioned: סידות, pots for the removal of the ashes; יעים, shovels, to take the ashes out from the altar; and מזרקות, basins to catch and sprinkle the sacrificial blood. This half verse belongs to the preceding…
