2 Chronicles 4:3

And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
similitude	וּדְמ֣וּת u.de.Mut	H1823	resemblance · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
oxen	בְּקָרִים֩ be.ka.Rim	H1241	beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gen… · noun, common both genders plural absolute
compass	סוֹבְבִ֣ים so.Vim	H5437	to revolve · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
about	סָבִ֤יב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
ten	עֶ֚שֶׂר 'E.ser	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
cubit	בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה ba.'a.Mah	H520	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
compassing	מַקִּיפִ֥ים ma.ki.Fim	H5362	to strike with more or less violence (beat · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine plural 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
about	סָבִיב֙ sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute
Two	שְׁנַ֤יִם she.Na.yim	H8147	two · noun, common both genders dual absolute
rows	טוּרִים֙ tu.Rim	H2905	a row · noun, common masculine plural absolute
oxen	הַבָּקָ֔ר ha.ba.Kar	H1241	beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gen… · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
cast	יְצוּקִ֖ים ye.tzu.Kim	H3332	properly · verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
cast	בְּמֻֽצַקְתּֽוֹ be.Mu.tzak.To	H4166	properly · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

1 Kings 7:24-26 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in…
Ezekiel 1:10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face o…
Ezekiel 10:14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of…
1 Corinthians 9:9-10 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
Revelation 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was lik…

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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 4:3

Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast--The meaning is, that the circular basin and the brazen oxen which supported it were all of one piece, being cast in one and the same mould. There is a difference in the accounts given of the capacity of this basin, for while in Kg1 7:26 it is said that two thousand baths of water could be contained in it, in this passage no less than three thousand are stated. It has been suggested that there is here a statement not merely of the quantity of water which the basin held, but that also which was necessary to work it, to keep it flowing as a fountain; that which was required to fill both it and its accompaniments. In support of this view, it may be r…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:3

Under it was the similitude of oxen - In Kg1 7:24, instead of oxen, בקרים bekarim, we have knops, פקעים pekaim; and this last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to be received here. What we call knops may signify grapes, mushrooms, apples, or some such ornaments placed round about under the turned over lip or brim of this caldron. It is possible that בקרים bekarim, oxen, may be a corruption of פקעים pekaim, grapes, as the פ pe might be mistaken for a ב beth, to which in ancient MSS. it has often a great resemblance, the dot under the top being often faint and indistinct; and the ע ain, on the same account might be mistaken for a ר resh. Thus grapes might be turned into…

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…
Cyrus · the temple — the temple
Persia · Cyrus — Cyrus

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).

2 Chronicles 4:3

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:3

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2 Chronicles 4:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:3

Dictionary and topics

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

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 4:3