“ He made also bases, and laverse made he upon the bases; ”
2 Chronicles 4:1 ff . It is probable that the Chronicler, in describing the Temple furniture was influenced by what he saw in Zerubbabel's Temple. 2 Chronicles 4:9 . the court of the priests.....
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
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 pi...
The Contents of the Temple 1. An altar ] This was in the Temple court. Though its construction is not described in Kings, it is mentioned in 1 Kings 8:64 ; 2 Kings 16:14
He made also bases. — And the bases he made; and the lavers he made upon the bases. This repetition of the verb is suspicious; and the parallel text shows the right reading to be and the bases t...
SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a c...
The period occupied in building the Temple was seven years 1 Kings 6:38 ). The work being completed with filial and godly care, the king carried into the sacred enclosure all that his father had col...
I include all these under one view; for of the whole it may be said, as the apostle hath before remarked, concerning the tabernacle in the wilderness, of those we cannot now speak particularly. But o...
2 Chronicles 3:1 .
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; Ver. 14. See on 1 Kings 7:27 , &c.
A.M. 2992. B.C. 1012. The brazen altar, sea, and lavers, 2 Chronicles 4:1-6 . The golden candlesticks and tables , 2Ch 4:7, 2 Chronicles 4:8 . The doors overlaid with brass, the vessels o...
FURNISHINGS OF THE TEMPLE (vv.1-22) Some of the furnishings for the temple were placed on the outside, others inside. The bronze altar (v.1) was of course outside, and much larger than that made...
11 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; 12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pom...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter describes the holy furniture of the temple and the court ( 2 Chronicles 4:1-10 ); the brass works of Huram ( 2 Chronicles 4:11-18 ); and the golden vessels of the sanctu...
2 Chronicles 4:1 . An altar of brass, twenty cubits in length and breadth, and ten cubits high, which was ascended, not by steps, Exodus 20:26 , but by a sort of inclined plane; a very magnificen...
EXPOSITION This chapter is occupied with some account of the contents of the house, following naturally upon the account of the structure, dimensions, and main features of the building given i...
The Vessels of Brass and of Gold
1 Kings 7:27-43 ; 2 Chronicles 4:6