2 Chronicles 4:2

Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
made	וַיַּ֥עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
molten	מוּצָ֑ק mu.Tzak	H3332	properly · verb, hophal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
sea	הַיָּ֖ם hai.Yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ten	עֶ֣שֶׂר 'E.ser	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
cubits	בָּֽ֠אַמָּה Ba.'a.mah	H520	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
brim	מִשְּׂפָת֨וֹ mi.se.fa.To	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
brim	שְׂפָת֜וֹ se.fa.To	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
round	עָג֣וֹל a.Gol	H5696	circular · adjective, masculine singular absolute
compass	סָבִ֗יב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
five	וְחָמֵ֤שׁ ve.cha.Mesh	H2568	five · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
cubits	בָּֽאַמָּה֙ ba.'a.Mah	H520	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
height	קֽוֹמָת֔וֹ ko.ma.To	H6967	height · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
line	וְקָו֙ ve.Kav	H6957	a cord (as connecting) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
thirty	שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים she.lo.Shim	H7970	thirty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
cubits	בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה ba.'a.Mah	H520	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
compass	יָסֹ֥ב ya.So	H5437	to revolve · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
about	סָבִֽיב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Exodus 30:18-21 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congr…
1 Kings 7:23-26 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of t…
Zechariah 13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of th…
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes,…

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Commentary

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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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:2

MOLTEN SEA. (Ch2 4:2-5) he made a molten sea--(See on Kg1 7:23), as in that passage "knops" occur instead of "oxen." It is generally supposed that the rows of ornamental knops were in the form of ox heads.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

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Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:2-5

The brazen sea described as in Kg1 7:23-26. See the commentary on that passage, and the sketch in my Archaeol. i. plate iii. fig. 1. The differences in substance, such as the occurrence of בּקרים and הבּקר, Ch2 4:3, instead of פּקעים and הפּקים, and 3000 baths instead of 2000, are probably the result of orthographical errors in the Chronicle. יכיל in Ch2 4:5 appears superfluous after the preceding מחזיק, and Berth. considers it a gloss which has come from 1 Kings into our text by mistake. But the expression is only pleonastic: "receiving baths, 3000 it held;" and there is no sufficient reason to strike out the words.

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 4:2-5

The Temple, the house of God, depicted Eden, the garden of God (cp. Isa 51:3). The massive Sea that rested on the backs of the twelve bronze oxen represented either cosmic pre-creation waters or the waters of life that emanated from the Garden of Eden. Divine forces subdue the waters of chaos (Gen 1:2) so that they provide life-giving nourishment for plant, animal, and human life (see Rev 21:1, where the sea is removed forever).

Dictionary and topics

Sea, The molten — The great laver made by Solomon for the use of the priests in the temple, described in 1 Kings 7:23-26; 2 Chr. 4:2-5. It stood in the south-eastern corner of the inner court. It was 5 cubits high, 10…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:2

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:2-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 4:2-5

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Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:2

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:2-5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 4:2-5

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 4:2