2Ch 4:2
4:2 Also he made a molten {a} sea of ten cubits from brim to
    brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof;
    and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

    (a) A great vessel of brass, so called because of the great
        quantity of water which it contained, 1Ki 7:24.

2Ch 4:3
4:3 And under {b} it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did
    compass it round about: {c} ten in a cubit, compassing the
    sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was
    cast.

    (b) Meaning, under the brim of the sea, 1Ki 7:24.
    (c) In the length of every cubit were ten heads or knops
        which in all are 300.

2Ch 4:5
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 {d} three thousand baths.

    (d) In the first book of the kings, 1Ki 7:26, mention
        is only made of 2000, but the lesser number was taken
        there, and here according as the measures proved
        afterwards, is declared.

2Ch 4:7
4:7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to {e} their
    form, and set [them] in the temple, five on the right hand,
    and five on the left.

    (e) Even as they should be made.

2Ch 4:9
4:9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great
    {f} court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors
    of them with brass.

    (f) Called also the porch of Solomon, Ac 3:11. It is
        also taken for the temple where Christ preached,
        Mt 21:23.

2Ch 4:16
4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all
     their instruments, did Huram {g} his father make to king
     Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

     (g) Whom Solomon reverenced for the gifts that God had
         given him, as a father; he had the same name as Huram
         the king of Tyrus, his mother was a Jewess, and his
         father a Tyrian. Some read, for his father, the author
         of this work.

2Ch 4:19
4:19 And Solomon made all the vessels that [were for] the house
     of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the
     {h} shewbread [was set];

     (h) In Hebrew, the bread of the faces because they were set
         before the ark, where the Lord showed his presence.

2Ch 4:22
4:22 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the
     censers, [of] pure gold: and the entry of the house, the
     inner doors thereof for the most holy [place], and the
     doors of the house of the temple, [were {i} of] gold.

     (i) That is, covered with plates of gold.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.