2 Chronicles 4:5

And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
thickness	וְעָבְי֣וֹ ve.'a.ve.Yo	H5672	density · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
handbreadth	טֶ֔פַח Te.fach	H2947	a spread of the hand · noun, common masculine singular absolute
brim	וּשְׂפָתוֹ֙ u.se.fa.To	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
work	כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה ke.ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
brim	שְׂפַת se.fat-	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · noun, common feminine singular construct
cup	כּ֔וֹס Kos	H3563	a cup (as a container) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
flowers	פֶּ֖רַח Pe.rach	H6525	a calyx (natural or artificial) · noun, common masculine singular construct
lilies	שֽׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה sho.sha.Nah	H7799	a lily (from its whiteness) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
received	מַחֲזִ֣יק ma.cha.Zik	H2388	to fasten upon · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine singular absolute
held	יָכִֽיל ya.Khil	H3557	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
three	שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת she.Lo.shet	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular construct
thousand	אֲלָפִ֖ים 'a.la.Fim	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders plural absolute
baths	בַּתִּ֔ים ba.Tim	H1324	a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of li… · noun, common both genders plural absolute

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Cross-references

1 Kings 7:26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand…

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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 4:5

It - held three thousand baths - In Kg1 7:26, it is said to hold only two thousand baths. As this book was written after the Babylonish captivity, it is very possible that reference is here made to the Babylonish bath which might have been less than the Jewish. We have already seen that the cubit of Moses, or of the ancient Hebrews, was longer than the Babylonish by one palm; see on Ch2 3:3 (note). It might be the same with the measures of capacity; so that two thousand of the ancient Jewish baths might have been equal to three thousand of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot by saying, "It received three thousand baths of dry measure, and held two thousand of liquid meas…

Dictionary and topics

Lily — The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., “whiteness”, was used as the general name of several plants common to Syria, such as the tulip, iris, anemone, gladiolus, ranunculus, etc. Some interpret it,…
Sea, Molten — In the place of the laver of the tabernacle Solomon caused a laver to be cast for a similar purpose, which from its size was called a sea. It was made partly or wholly of the brass, or rather copper,…
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…
Weights And Measures — A. WEIGHTS.—The general principle of the present inquiry is to give the evidence of the monuments the preference on all doubtful points. All ancient Greek systems of weight were derived, either…
Flowers · Representations of, on the: Sea of brass — Representations of, on the: Sea of brass
Lily · Mol — Mol

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 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:5

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2 Chronicles 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:5

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 4:5