Jeremiah 52:20

The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
two	שְׁנַ֗יִם she.Na.yim	H8147	two · cardinal number, both genders dual absolute
pillars	הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים ha.'a.mu.Dim	H5982	a column (as standing) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
one	אֶחָד֙ 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
sea	הַיָּ֤ם hai.Yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
twelve	שְׁנֵים she.neim-	H8147	two · cardinal number, both genders dual absolute
brasen	נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ ne.Cho.shet	H5178	copper · noun, common feminine singular absolute
bulls	וְהַבָּקָ֞ר ve.ha.ba.Kar	H1241	beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gen… · conjunction + definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
bases	הַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת ha.me.kho.Not	H4350	a pedestal · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
king	הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
made	עָשָׂ֛ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
house	לְבֵ֣ית le.Veit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
brass	לִנְחֻשְׁתָּ֖ם lin.chush.Tam	H5178	copper · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
vessels	הַכֵּלִ֥ים ha.ke.Lim	H3627	something prepared · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
weight	מִשְׁקָ֔ל mish.Kal	H4948	weight (numerically estimated) · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Kings 7:47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
2 Kings 25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
1 Chronicles 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of…
2 Chronicles 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:12-23

We have here an account of the woeful havoc that was made by the Chaldean army, a month after the city was taken, under the command of Nebuzaradan, who was captain of the guard, or general of the army, in this action. In the margin he is called the chief of the slaughter-men, or executioners; for soldiers are but slaughter-men, and God employs them as executioners of his sentence against a sinful people. Nebuzaradan was chief of those soldiers, but, in the execution he did, we have reason to fear he had no eye to God, but he served the king of Babylon and his own designs, now that he came into Jerusalem, into the very bowels of it, as captain of the slaughter-men there. And, 1. He laid the t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:20

bulls . . . under the bases--But the bulls were not "under the bases," but under the sea (Kg1 7:25, Kg1 7:27, Kg1 7:38); the ten bases were not under the sea, but under the ten lavers. In English Version, "bases," therefore, must mean the lower parts of the sea under which the bulls were. Rather, translate, "the bulls were in the place of (that is, 'by way of'; so the Hebrew, Sa1 14:9), bases," or supports to the sea [BUXTORF]. So the Septuagint. Kg2 25:16 omits the "bulls," and has "and the bases"; so GROTIUS here reads "the bulls (which were) under (the sea) and the bases."

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:20

The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls,.... The two pillars of Jachin and Boaz before mentioned, and the molten or brasen sea, with the twelve bulls or oxen the sea stood upon, 1 Kings 7:25; that were under the bases; or "by the bases", as Jarchi; or rather, "that were instead of bases" (d); for the twelve oxen were the bases on which the molten sea stood: which King Solomon had made in the house of the Lord; this is mentioned to show that these were the selfsame pillars, sea, and oxen, and other vessels, that Solomon made, that were now carried away; for though Ahaz took down the sea from off the brasen oxen, and put it on a pavement of stones, yet it seems not to have been des…

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Dictionary and topics

Kings, The Books of — The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third…
Bullock · Twelve bronze, un — Twelve bronze, un
Laver · Broken and — Broken and
Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan) · the inhabitants to Babylon — the inhabitants to Babylon
Pillar · Broken and — Broken and
Solomon · Builds the temple — Builds the temple
Zedekiah · to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his — to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his

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).

Jeremiah 52:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:12-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:20

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:20

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 52:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:12-23

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:20

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:20

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:17-23

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 52:17-23