Chapter 4

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an altar 2Chr 1:5; Exod 27:1-8; 1Kgs 8:22, 1Kgs 8:64, 1Kgs 9:25; 2Kgs 16:14-15; Ezek 43:13-17


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a molten sea Exod 30:18-21; 1Kgs 7:23; Zech 13:1; Titus 3:5; Rev 7:14

brim to brim Heb. his brim to his brim


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And under 1Kgs 7:24-26; Ezek 1:10, Ezek 10:14; 1Cor 9:9-10; Rev 4:7

oxen In the parallel passage of Kings, instead of bekarim, "oxen," we have pekaim, "knops," in the form of colocynths. (See note on 1Kgs 6:18, and see note on 2Kgs 4:39); which last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to received be here; bekarim, "oxen," being a mistake for pekaim, "knops." Houbigant, however, contends that the words in both places are right; but that bakar does not signify an ox here, but a large kind of grape, according to its meaning in Arabic. But Dr. A. Clarke states that bakar, or bakarat, has no such meaning in Arabic, though the phrase aino 'lbikri, or "ox-eye," signifies a species of black grape, very large, and of incredible sweetness; that consequently the criticism of this great man is not solid; and that the likeliest method of reconciling the two places is to suppose a change in the letters as above.


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It stood Matt 16:18; Eph 2:20; Rev 21:14

three Matt 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:46-47; Acts 9:15


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with flowers of lilies or, like a lily flower

three thousand baths In the parallel passage, it is said to hold only two thousand baths; which some think may be reconciled by supposing that the quantity of water which was commonly in it was 2,000 baths, but that, if filled up to the top, it would hold 3,000. But, as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less than that of the ancient Hebrews, it might be the same with measures of capacity; so that 2,000 of the ancient Jewish baths might have been equal to 3,000 of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot: "It received 3,000 baths of dry measure, and held 2,000 of liquid measure." See note on 1Kgs 7:26. 1Kgs 7:26


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ten lavers Exod 30:18-21; 1Kgs 7:38, 1Kgs 7:40; Ps 51:2; 1Cor 6:11; 1John 1:7

such things as they offered for the burnt offering Heb. the work of burnt offering, Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13; Ezek 40:38

but the sea 2Chr 4:2; Exod 29:4; Heb 9:14, Heb 9:23; Rev 1:5-6, Rev 7:14


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ten candlesticks 1Kgs 7:49; 1Chr 28:15; Zech 4:2-3, Zech 4:11-14; Matt 5:14-16; John 8:12; Rev 1:20

according to Exod 25:31-40; 1Chr 28:12, 1Chr 28:19; Heb 8:5


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ten tables Exod 25:23-30, Exod 37:10-16; 1Kgs 7:48; Isa 25:6; Ezek 44:16; Mal 1:12; 1Cor 10:21

basins or, bowls, Jer 52:18-19; Zech 14:20


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the court 1Kgs 6:36, 1Kgs 7:12


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1Kgs 7:39


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the pots 1Kgs 7:40, 1Kgs 7:45

basins or, bowls

finished Heb. finished to make


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To wit 2Chr 3:15-17

the pommels 1Kgs 7:41


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four hundred Exod 28:33-34; 1Kgs 7:20, 1Kgs 7:42; Song 4:13; Jer 52:23

pillars Heb. face of the pillars


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bases 1Kgs 7:27-43

lavers or, caldrons, 2Chr 4:6


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2Chr 4:2-5


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pots also 2Chr 4:11; Exod 27:3, Exod 38:3; Zech 14:20-21

fleshhooks 1Sam 2:13-14; 1Chr 28:17

Huram 1Kgs 7:13-14, 1Kgs 7:45, Hiram

his father 2Chr 2:13

bright Heb. made bright, or scoured


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clay ground Heb. thicknesses of the ground

Zeredathah 1Kgs 7:46, Zarthan


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the weight 1Kgs 7:47; 1Chr 22:3, 1Chr 22:14; Jer 52:20


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all the vessels 2Chr 36:10, 2Chr 36:18; 1Kgs 7:48-50; 2Kgs 24:13, 2Kgs 25:13-15; Ezra 1:7-11; Jer 28:3; Jer 52:18-19; Dan 5:2-3, Dan 5:23

the golden 2Chr 26:16-18; Exod 30:1-10, Exod 37:25-29; Rev 8:3, Rev 9:13

the tables Exod 25:23-30; Lev 24:5-8; 1Chr 28:16


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the candlesticks 2Chr 4:7; Exod 25:31-37

burn after Exod 27:20-21

the oracle 1Kgs 6:5, 1Kgs 6:16-17, 1Kgs 8:6; Ps 28:2


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the flowers Probably each branch of the chandelier was made like a plant in flower; and the opening of the flower was either the lamp, or served to support it. 2Chr 4:5; Exod 25:31-40, Exod 37:20; 1Kgs 6:18, 1Kgs 6:29, 1Kgs 6:35

perfect gold Heb. perfections of gold, That is, the purest and best gold.


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snuffers Exod 37:23; 1Kgs 7:50; 2Kgs 12:13, 2Kgs 25:14; Jer 52:18

basins or, bowls

the entry Capellus and others suppose we should read, agreeably to 1Kgs 7:50, "The hinges also of the doors of the inner house," etc.; the word pothoth, "hinges," being mistaken for paithach, "an entry" or "door-way." 1Kgs 6:31-32


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