2 Chronicles 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowersa of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. ”

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Three thousand baths - See 1 Kings 7:23 note. It is quite possible that either here or in Kings the text may have been accidentally corrupted.
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 boo...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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.....
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

received and held three thousand baths. 1 Kings 7:26 says 2,000; and it is alleged that "there must be. mistake in the figures". But no: 1 Kings 7:26 speaks of what it usually "contained", whil...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. It - held three thousand...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the thickness ... a cup. — Identical with 1 Kings 7:26 . With flowers of lilies. — See margin. “Lily” here is shôshannâh; in Kings, shôshân. LXX., “graven with lily buds.” Syriac and Ar...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Can anything be more similar, in figure and type, than this molten sea to the fountain opened in gospel-times for sin and for uncleanness? And observe the vast size of it, to denote the infinite full...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 3:1 .
2 Chronicles 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 5. Three thousand...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Furniture of the Temple. B. C. 1012. 1 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cu...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Moreover he made an altar of brase The furniture of the holy court 1. The altar of brass. Larger than that in tabernacle. When God enlarges our borders and business we should increase our gif...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
2 Chronicles 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Altar, the Molten Sea, and the Lavers
2 Chronicles 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 7:26

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 4:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge