2 Chronicles 4:6

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
made	וַיַּ֣עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
ten	עֲשָׂרָה֒ 'a.sa.Rah	H6235	ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
lavers	כִּיּוֹרִים֮ ki.yo.Rim	H3595	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
put	וַ֠יִּתֵּן Vai.yi.ten	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
five	חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה cha.mi.Shah	H2568	five · noun, common both genders singular absolute
hand	מִיָּמִ֜ין mi.ya.Min	H3225	the right hand or side (leg · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
five	וַחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה va.cha.mi.Shah	H2568	five · conjunction + noun, common both genders singular absolute
left	מִשְּׂמֹאול֙ mi.se.mOl	H8040	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
wash	לְרָחְצָ֣ה le.ra.che.Tzah	H7364	to lave (the whole or a part of a thing) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
offered	מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine singular construct
offering	הָעוֹלָ֖ה ha.'o.Lah	H5930	a step or (collectively · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
washed	יָדִ֣יחוּ ya.Di.chu	H1740	to thrust away · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
sea	וְהַיָּ֕ם ve.hai.Yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
priests	לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים la.ko.ha.Nim	H3548	literally one officiating · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
in	לְרָחְצָ֥ה le.ra.che.Tzah	H7364	to lave (the whole or a part of a thing) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct

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Cross-references

1 Kings 7:38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one…
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 7:40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the hou…
Psalms 51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Ezekiel 40:38 And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.
Exodus 29:4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.
Leviticus 1:9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made b…
Leviticus 1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrific…

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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 4:6

THE TEN LAVERS, CANDLESTICKS, AND TABLES. (Ch2 4:6-18) ten lavers--(See on Kg1 7:27). The laver of the tabernacle had probably been destroyed. The ten new ones were placed between the porch and the altar, and while the molten sea was for the priests to cleanse their hands and feet, these were intended for washing the sacrifices.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:6

He made also ten lavers - The lavers served to wash the different parts of the victims in; and the molten sea was for the use of the priests. In this they bathed, or drew water from it for their personal purification.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

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Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:6

The ten lavers which, according to Kg1 7:38, stood upon ten brazen stands, i.e., chests provided with carriage wheels. These stands, the artistic work on which is circumstantially described in Kg1 7:27-37, are omitted in the Chronicle, because they are merely subordinate parts of the lavers. The size or capacity of the lavers is not stated, only their position on both sides of the temple porch, and the purpose for which they were designed, "to wash therein, viz., the work of the burnt-offering (the flesh of the burnt-offering which was to be burnt upon the altar) they rinsed therein," being mentioned. For details, see in Kg1 7:38. and the figure in my Archaol. i. plate iii. fig. 4. Occasion…

Dictionary and topics

Laver — (Heb. kiyor), a “basin” for boiling in, a “pan” for cooking (1 Sam. 2:14), a “fire-pan” or hearth (Zech. 12:6), the sacred wash-bowl of the tabernacle and temple (Ex. 30:18, 28; 31:9; 35:16; 38:8;…
Ablution · Of priests — Of priests
Purification · Washing parts of animal sacrifices in water — Washing parts of animal sacrifices in water
Purifications · Of things for burnt-offerings — Of things for burnt-offerings

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 4:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:6

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:6

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2 Chronicles 4:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 4:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 4:6

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 4:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 4:6

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 4:6

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 4:6