2 Chronicles 4

2 Chronicles 4:3

in a cubit: or, to the height of a cubit (i.e. one-fifth of the brazen sea).

2 Chronicles 4:5

received and held three thousand baths. 1 Kings 7:26 says 2,000; and it is alleged that “there must be a mistake in the figures”. But no: 1 Kings 7:26 speaks of what it usually “contained”, while here it speaks of what it could actually “receive and hold”.

2 Chronicles 4:6

offered = offered up. Hebrew. ’alah. App-43.

2 Chronicles 4:7

candlesticks = lampstands.

2 Chronicles 4:8

basons = bowls for sprinkling.

2 Chronicles 4:9

court of the priests. None in Tabernacle.

2 Chronicles 4:12

pommels = bowls.

wreaths = network.

2 Chronicles 4:13

upon = upon the face of.

2 Chronicles 4:16

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

2 Chronicles 4:18

found out = searched out.

2 Chronicles 4:20

after the manner: i.e. the prescribed order. Compare 2 Chronicles 4:7 and Exodus 27:20, Exodus 27:21.

the oracle. See note on 2 Samuel 16:23.

2 Chronicles 4:21

perfect = of purest. Heb the perfections of.

2 Chronicles 4:22

pure = purified.

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.