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2
Chronicles Chapter Four
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 3 & 4
These
two chapters give an account of the building of the temple
of the materials
parts
and form of it
and of things belonging to it
and which agrees with 1 Kings 6:1 see the
notes there; only here
1 Chronicles 3:1
mention is made of the particular place where it was built
Mount Moriah; of which
see the notes on Genesis 22:2. The
dimensions of the house
as the Targum rightly explains
2 Chronicles 3:3
are said to be after the first measure
either of that of the tabernacle by
Moses
or rather of that of the pattern David gave to Solomon
1 Chronicles 28:11
though some understand it of the greater cubit: the holy place is called the
greater house
2 Chronicles 3:5
being twice as long as the holy of holies; in 2 Chronicles 3:6
we are informed what the precious stones were for
which David and his princes
gave for the temple
1 Chronicles 29:2
that they were to decorate the house; and also what sort of gold was used in
overlaying it
gold of Parvaim
which some interpret of PeruF8
in
America; but it is a question whether that was then known
or
if it was
must
go by another name
since Peru is a late name given by the Spaniards
at their
conquest of it. BochartF9 takes it to be Taprobane
an island in the
Indian sea
as if it was Taph Parvan or Provan
the shore of Parvan. KircherF11
is of opinion it is the same with Javaim
the isles of Java in the same sea
from whence was gold
which is not very likely. WaserusF12 thinks
Parvaim is the name of a town which is by PlinyF13 corruptly called
Parbacia
which was in the land of Havilah
or the kingdom of the Charazenes
where was the best gold
Genesis 2:11 though
others suppose it to be the same with Ophir
by removing the first letter of
the word
to which PfeifferF14 inclines
and is as probable as any;
and much more probable than what the JewsF15 say
that this gold was
so called
because it was red like the blood of "parim"
oxen: in 2 Chronicles 3:8
the quantity of gold
with which the most holy place was overlaid
is given
six hundred talents: of which See Gill on 1 Kings 6:21
In 2 Chronicles 3:9 we
read of the nails with which the plates of gold were fastened to the boards
nowhere else mentioned
except in the Vulgate Latin version of 1 Kings 6:21
"he fastened the plates with golden nails"; which version perhaps is
most correct; the weight of which were fifty shekels of gold; that is
according to the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions
each nail weighed so
much
which amounted to seventy five pounds of our moneyF16.
Eupolemus
an Heathen writerF17 speaks of these nails
which he
makes to be silver ones; and says they were of the weight of a talent
in the
form of a woman's breast
and in number four
with which the plates of gold
were fastened
which were of five cubits; I suppose he means there were four of
these nails in every plate of five cubits: in 2 Chronicles 4:1 an
account is given of an "altar of brass"
made by Solomon
we have not
elsewhere
only referred to 1 Kings 8:64
whether this was only covered with brass
as that made by Moses was
as someF18
think; or whether of massy brass
as Dr. LightfootF19 because not to
be removed as that was
is not certain; the altar of the second temple was of
stones unpolished
according to the MisnahF20
with which
agrees"46 And laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a
convenient place
until there should come a prophet to shew what should be done
with them. 47 Then they took whole stones according to the law
and built a new
altar according to the former;' (1 Maccabees 4)and so PhiloF21:
"twenty cubits was the length thereof
and twenty cubits the breadth
thereof
and ten cubits the height thereof"; it was four times as big in
its square as that of Moses
and three times higher
and a cubit over
See Gill
on Exodus 27:1.
HecataeusF23
an Heathen writer
speaks of this altar as four
square
and made of whole and unpolished stones
each side of which was twenty
cubits
but the height of it he makes to be twelve cubits
in which he
mistakes. It weighed
according to Jacob LeonF24 7000 arobas of
brass
each aroba containing twenty five pounds. The rest of the chapter agrees
with the account in the book of Kings.F8 Erasm. Schmid. de America
Orat. ad Calc. Pindar. p. 261. Montani Phaleg. in Calc. Jac. Capellus in loc.F9
Phaleg. l. 2. c. 27. & Canaan
l. 1. c. 46. col. 692. Braunius de Vest.
Sacred. Heb. p. 221.F11 Prodrom. Copt. c. 4. p. 119.F12
De Antiqu. Num. Heb. l. 1. c. 6.F13 Nat. Hist l. 6. c. 28.F14
Difficil. Script. Sacr. cent. 3. loc. 16. p. 247.F15 T. Bab. Yoma
fol. 45. 1. Hieros. Yoma
fol. 41. 4. Shemot Rabba
sect. 39. fol. 136. 4.F16
Brerewood de Ponder. &c. c. 5.F17 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel.
l. 9. c. 34. p. 450.F18 Cunaeus de Rep. Heb. l. 2. c. 5.F19
Prospect of the Temple
ch. 34. p. 2029. So Villalpandus.F20 Middot
c. 3. sect. 4.F21 De Victimis
p. 850.F23 Apud Euseb.
Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 4. p. 408.F24 Relation of Memorable
Things in the Temple
ch. 4. p. 20.
2 Chronicles
4:1 Moreover he
made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length
twenty cubits its width
and
ten cubits its height.
YLT
1And he maketh an altar of
brass
twenty cubits its length
and twenty cubits its breadth
and ten cubits
its height.
See
Introduction to Chapter 4
2 Chronicles 4:2 2 Then he made the Sea of
cast bronze
ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was
completely round. Its height was five cubits
and a line of thirty
cubits measured its circumference.
YLT
2And he maketh the molten
sea; ten by the cubit
from its edge unto its edge
round in compass
and five
by the cubit its height
and a line of thirty by the cubit doth compass it
round about.
2 Chronicles 4:3 3 And under it was
the likeness of oxen encircling it all around
ten to a cubit
all the way
around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows
when it was cast.
YLT
3And the likeness of oxen
[is] under it
all round about encompassing it
ten in the cubit
compassing
the sea round about; two rows of oxen are cast in its being cast.
2 Chronicles 4:4 4 It stood on twelve oxen:
three looking toward the north
three looking toward the west
three looking
toward the south
and three looking toward the east; the Sea was set
upon them
and all their back parts pointed inward.
YLT
4It is standing on twelve
oxen
three facing the north
and three facing the west
and three facing the
south
and three facing the east
and the sea [is] upon them above
and all
their hinder parts [are] within.
2 Chronicles 4:5 5 It was a
handbreadth thick; and its brim was shaped like the brim of a cup
like
a lily blossom. It contained three thousand [a]baths.
YLT
5And its thickness [is] a
handbreadth
and its lip as the work of the lip of a cup flowered with lilies;
taking hold -- baths three thousand it containeth.
2 Chronicles 4:6 6 He also made ten lavers
and put five on the right side and five on the left
to wash in them; such
things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them
but the
Sea was for the priests to wash in.
YLT
6And he maketh ten lavers
and putteth five on the right
and five on the left
to wash with them; the
work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea [is] for priests
to wash with.
2 Chronicles 4:7 7 And he made ten lampstands
of gold according to their design
and set them in the temple
five on
the right side and five on the left.
YLT
7And he maketh the ten candlesticks
of gold
according to their ordinance
and placeth in the temple
five on the
right
and five on the left.
2 Chronicles 4:8 8 He also made ten tables
and placed them in the temple
five on the right side and five on the
left. And he made one hundred bowls of gold.
YLT
8And he maketh ten tables
and placeth in the temple
five on the right
and five on the left; and he
maketh bowls of gold a hundred.
2 Chronicles 4:9 9 Furthermore he made the
court of the priests
and the great court and doors for the court; and he
overlaid these doors with bronze.
YLT
9And he maketh the court of
the priests
and the great court
and doors for the court
and their doors he
hath overlaid with brass.
2 Chronicles 4:10 10 He set the Sea on the
right side
toward the southeast.
YLT
10And the sea he hath placed
on the right shoulder eastward
over-against the south.
2 Chronicles 4:11 11 Then Huram made the pots
and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work that he was to
do for King Solomon for the house of God:
YLT
11And Huram maketh the pots
and the shovels
and the bowls
and Huram finisheth to make the work that he
made for king Solomon in the house of God;
2 Chronicles 4:12 12 the two pillars and the
bowl-shaped capitals that were on top of the two pillars; the two
networks covering the two bowl-shaped capitals which were on top of the
pillars;
YLT
12two pillars
and the bowls
and the crowns on the heads of the two pillars
and the two wreaths to cover
the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the heads of the pillars;
2 Chronicles 4:13 13 four hundred pomegranates
for the two networks (two rows of pomegranates for each network
to cover the
two bowl-shaped capitals that were on the pillars);
YLT
13and the pomegranates four
hundred to the two wreaths
two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath
to
cover the two bowls of the crowns that [are] on the front of the pillars.
2 Chronicles 4:14 14 he also made carts and the
lavers on the carts;
YLT
14And the bases he hath made;
and the lavers he hath made on the bases;
2 Chronicles 4:15 15 one Sea and twelve oxen
under it;
YLT
15the one sea
and the twelve
oxen under it
2 Chronicles 4:16 16 also the pots
the
shovels
the forks—and all their articles Huram his master[b] craftsman
made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.
YLT
16and the pots
and the
shovels
and the forks
and all their vessels
hath Huram his father made for
king Solomon
for the house of Jehovah
of brass purified.
2 Chronicles 4:17 17 In the plain of Jordan the
king had them cast in clay molds
between Succoth and Zeredah.[c]
YLT
17In the circuit of the
Jordan hath the king cast them
in the thick soil of the ground
between
Succoth and Zeredathah.
2 Chronicles 4:18 18 And Solomon had all these
articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not
determined.
YLT
18And Solomon maketh all
these vessels in great abundance
that the weight of the brass hath not been
searched out.
2 Chronicles 4:19 19 Thus Solomon had all the
furnishings made for the house of God: the altar of gold and the tables on
which was the showbread;
YLT
19And Solomon maketh all the
vessels that [are for] the house of God
and the altar of gold
and the tables
and on them [is] bread of the presence;
2 Chronicles 4:20 20 the lampstands with their
lamps of pure gold
to burn in the prescribed manner in front of the inner
sanctuary
YLT
20and the candlesticks
and
their lamps
for their burning according to the ordinance
before the oracle
of gold refined;
2 Chronicles 4:21 21 with the flowers and the
lamps and the wick-trimmers of gold
of purest gold;
YLT
21and the flowers
and the
lamps
and the tongs of gold -- it [is] the perfection of gold;
2 Chronicles 4:22 22 the trimmers
the bowls
the ladles
and the censers of pure gold. As for the entry of the sanctuary
its inner doors to the Most Holy Place
and the doors of the main hall
of the temple
were gold.
YLT
22and the snuffers
and the
bowls
and the spoons
and the censers
of gold refined
and the opening of the
house
its innermost doors to the holy of holies
and the doors of the house to
the temple
of gold.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
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