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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 4:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| 2Ch 4:1 |
Strong Concordance |
Moreover he made [06213] an altar [04196] of brass [05178], twenty [06242] cubits [0520] the length [0753] thereof, and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof, and ten [06235] cubits [0520] the height [06967] thereof. |
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King James |
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ALTAR OF BRASS. (Ch2 4:1)
he made an altar of brass--Steps must have been necessary for ascending so elevated an altar, but the use of these could be no longer forbidden (Exo 20:26) after the introduction of an official costume for the priests (Exo 28:42). It measured thirty-five feet by thirty-five, and in height seventeen and a half feet. The thickness of the metal used for this altar is nowhere given; but supposing it to have been three inches, the whole weight of the metal would not be under two hundred tons [NAPIER]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The supplementary character of Chronicles is here once more apparent. The author of Kings had omitted to record the dimensions of the brass altar. It stood in the great court Ch2 6:12-13. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Ch2 4:1-6. The copper furniture of the court. Ch2 4:1. The altar of burnt-offering. Its preparation is passed over in 1 Kings 6 and 7, so that there it is only mentioned incidentally in connection with the consecration of the temple, Kg1 8:22, Kg1 8:54, and Kg1 9:25. It was twenty cubits square (long and broad) and ten cubits high, and constructed on the model of the Mosaic altar of burnt-offering, and probably of brass plates, which enclosed the inner core, consisting of earth and unhewn stones; and if we may judge from Ezekiel's description, Eze 43:13-17, it rose in steps, as it were, so that at each step its extent was smaller; and the measurement of twenty cubits refers only to the lowest scale, while the space at the top, with the hearth, was only twelve cubits square; cf. my Bibl. Archaeol. i. S. 127, with the figure, plate iii. fig. 2. |
42 And thou shalt make [06213] them linen [0906] breeches [04370] to cover [03680] their nakedness [01320] [06172]; from the loins [04975] even unto the thighs [03409] they shall reach:
26 Neither shalt thou go up [05927] by steps [04609] unto mine altar [04196], that thy nakedness [06172] be not discovered [01540] thereon.
1 Moreover he made [06213] an altar [04196] of brass [05178], twenty [06242] cubits [0520] the length [0753] thereof, and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof, and ten [06235] cubits [0520] the height [06967] thereof.
12 And he stood [05975] before [06440] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068] in the presence of all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], and spread forth [06566] his hands [03709]:
13 For Solomon [08010] had made [06213] a brasen [05178] scaffold [03595], of five [02568] cubits [0520] long [0753], and five [02568] cubits [0520] broad [07341], and three [07969] cubits [0520] high [06967], and had set [05414] it in the midst [08432] of the court [05835]: and upon it he stood [05975], and kneeled down [01288] upon his knees [01290] before all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], and spread forth [06566] his hands [03709] toward heaven [08064],
13 And these are the measures [04060] of the altar [04196] after the cubits [0520]: The cubit [0520] is a cubit [0520] and an hand breadth [02948]; even the bottom [02436] shall be a cubit [0520], and the breadth [07341] a cubit [0520], and the border [01366] thereof by the edge [08193] thereof round about [05439] shall be a [0259] span [02239]: and this shall be the higher place [01354] of the altar [04196].
14 And from the bottom [02436] upon the ground [0776] even to the lower [08481] settle [05835] shall be two [08147] cubits [0520], and the breadth [07341] one [0259] cubit [0520]; and from the lesser [06996] settle [05835] even to the greater [01419] settle [05835] shall be four [0702] cubits [0520], and the breadth [07341] one cubit [0520].
15 So the altar [0741] [02025] shall be four [0702] cubits [0520]; and from the altar [0741] and upward [04605] shall be four [0702] horns [07161].
16 And the altar [0741] shall be twelve [08147] [06240] cubits long [0753], twelve [08147] [06240] broad [07341], square [07251] in the four [0702] squares [07253] thereof.
17 And the settle [05835] shall be fourteen [0702] [06240] cubits long [0753] and fourteen [0702] [06240] broad [07341] in the four [0702] squares [07253] thereof; and the border [01366] about [05439] it shall be half [02677] a cubit [0520]; and the bottom [02436] thereof shall be a cubit [0520] about [05439]; and his stairs [04609] shall look [06437] toward the east [06921].
25 And three [07969] times [06471] in a year [08141] did Solomon [08010] offer [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002] upon the altar [04196] which he built [01129] unto the LORD [03068], and he burnt incense [06999] upon the altar [04196] that was before [06440] the LORD [03068]. So he finished [07999] the house [01004].
54 And it was so, that when Solomon [08010] had made an end [03615] of praying [06419] all this prayer [08605] and supplication [08467] unto the LORD [03068], he arose [06965] from before [06440] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068], from kneeling [03766] on his knees [01290] with his hands [03709] spread up [06566] to heaven [08064].
22 And Solomon [08010] stood [05975] before [06440] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068] in the presence of [05048] all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], and spread forth [06566] his hands [03709] toward heaven [08064]:
1 Moreover he made [06213] an altar [04196] of brass [05178], twenty [06242] cubits [0520] the length [0753] thereof, and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof, and ten [06235] cubits [0520] the height [06967] thereof.
1 Moreover he made [06213] an altar [04196] of brass [05178], twenty [06242] cubits [0520] the length [0753] thereof, and twenty [06242] cubits [0520] the breadth [07341] thereof, and ten [06235] cubits [0520] the height [06967] thereof.
2 Also he made [06213] a molten [03332] sea [03220] of ten [06235] cubits [0520] from brim [08193] to brim [08193], round [05696] in compass [05439], and five [02568] cubits [0520] the height [06967] thereof; and a line [06957] of thirty [07970] cubits [0520] did compass [05437] it round about [05439].
3 And under it was the similitude [01823] of oxen [01241], which did compass [05437] it round about [05439]: ten [06235] in a cubit [0520], compassing [05362] the sea [03220] round about [05439]. Two [08147] rows [02905] of oxen [01241] were cast [03332], when it was cast [04166].
4 It stood [05975] upon twelve [08147] [06240] oxen [01241], three [07969] looking [06437] toward the north [06828], and three [07969] looking [06437] toward the west [03220], and three [07969] looking [06437] toward the south [05045], and three [07969] looking [06437] toward the east [04217]: and the sea [03220] was set above [04605] upon them, and all their hinder parts [0268] were inward [01004].
5 And the thickness [05672] of it was an handbreadth [02947], and the brim [08193] of it like the work [04639] of the brim [08193] of a cup [03563], with flowers [06525] of lilies [07799]; and it received [02388] and held [03557] three [07969] thousand [0505] baths [01324].
6 He made [06213] also ten [06235] lavers [03595], and put [05414] five [02568] on the right hand [03225], and five [02568] on the left [08040], to wash [07364] in them: such things as they offered [04639] for the burnt offering [05930] they washed [01740] in them; but the sea [03220] was for the priests [03548] to wash in [07364].