2 Chronicles 4:10 — Meaning and Application

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“And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.”

2 Chronicles 4:10

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He made also ten tables, and placed {them} in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold. {basons: or, bowls}

Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; {basons: or, bowls} {finished: Heb. finished to make}

{To wit}, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters {which were} on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which {were} on the top of the pillars;

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2 Chronicles 4:1

"Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof."

2 Chronicles 4:2

"Also he made a molten 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. {from...: Heb. from his brim to his brim}"

2 Chronicles 4:3

"And under it {was} the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen {were} cast, when it was cast."

2 Chronicles 4:4

"It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea {was set} above upon them, and all their hinder parts {were} inward."

2 Chronicles 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 three thousand baths. {with flowers...: or, like a lilyflower}"

2 Chronicles 4:6

"He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea {was} for the priests to wash in. {such...: Heb. the work of burnt offering}"

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