2 Chronicles 4

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AN altar] Compare this verse with Exodus 27:1. and you may see how farre this exceeded the altar of the tabernacle. For the temple it self far exceeded the tabernacle.

ten cubits the height] There was a plain ascent like an hill to go up and offer on this high altar. In this respect the priest is said to come down from the altar, Leviticus 9:22. By steps they might not go up to an altar, Exodus 20:26. unlesse that inhibition were temporary. See the notes on Exodus 20:26.

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Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits] 1 Kings 7:23. See the notes there.

from brim to brim] Heb. from his brim to his brim.

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And under it was the similitude of xen] 1 Kings 7:24.

under it] Under the brim of the sea.

the similitude of oxen] These oxen were cast with the sea on the sides thereof: and were different from the twelve oxen on which it stood, v. 4. Either these are called knops (1 Kings 7:24.) or knops were joyned with them.

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with flowers of lilies] Or, like a lilie-flower.

three thousand baths] See the notes on 1 Kings 7:26.

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telavers] The bases whereon these lavers stood are largely described, 1 King. 7. 27, 38, &c.

such things as they offered for the burnt-offering] Heb. the work of burnt-offering.

they washed in the] See Ezekiel 40:38.

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ten candlesticks] 1 Kings 7:49.

their form] Which is prescribed, Exodus 25:31, &c. and a patern thereof given, 1 Chronicles 28:11; 1 Chronicles 28:15.

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ten tables] See the notes on 1 Kings 7:38.

an hundred basins] Or, bowls. See the notes on 1 Kings 7:40.

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the court] See the notes on 1 Kings 6:36.

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he set the sea] See the notes on 1 Kings 7:39.

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basins] Or, bowls.

finished the work that he was to make] Heb. finished to make: that is, made an end of making.

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pommels] Or, bowls, 1 Kings 7:41.

wreaths] Or, net-works.

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upon the pillars] Heb. upon the face.

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lavers] Or, caldrons.

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Huram his father] See the notes on chap. 2. 13.

bright brasse] Heb. made bright, or scoured.

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clay-ground] Heb. thicknesses of the ground. For clay is a thick kinde of ground.

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for the weight, &c.] Therefore he left them unweighed, 1 Kings 7:47. See on 1 Chron. 22. 3.

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perfect gold] Heb. perfections of gold. See the notes on 1 Kings 9:28.

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bans] Or, bowls.

the entry, &c.] These were covered with gold: for the doors were made of olive-tree, 1 King. 6. 31, &c.