2 Crônicas 4
Bob Utley · You Can Understand the Bible
2 Crônicas 4
NJB (LXX versing) Furnishings of the Temple Furnishings of the Temple The Temple Equipment Equipment for the Temple 4:1-6 4:1-5 4:1-6 4:1-6 4:1-5 4:6-8 4:6-8 4:7-10 4:7-10 4:7-8 4:9-10 4:9-10 4:9-10 4:11-18 4:11-18 4:11-18 4:11-16 4:11-15a 4:15b-18 4:17-18 4:19-22 4:19-5:1 4:19-22 4:19-5:1 4:19-5:1 Etc.
2 Crônicas 4:1-6
4:1 "a bronze altar" Surprisingly, this altar is not mentioned in 1 Kings 6-7. SPECIAL TOPIC: ALTAR OF SACRIFICE "cubit" See SPECIAL TOPIC: CUBIT. 4:2 "the cast metal sea" See SPECIAL TOPIC: THE LAVER OF BRONZE. 4:3 The description in 1 Kgs. 7:24 mentions "gourds" (BDB 825) surrounding the brim (cf. REB; so too Ginsburg). The NRSV leaves out the word "oxen" (BDB 133) in 2 Chr. 4:3. 4:4 "twelve" See SPECIAL TOPIC: TWELVE. The oxen are the sturdy stand for the laver/bronze sea. It was very heavy (cf. 2 Chr. 4:5). 4:5 "handbreadth thick" This was the length of all four fingers of a closed hand (cf. Exod. 25:25; 37:12; 1 Kgs. 7:26). "baths" The parallel account in 1 Kgs. 7:26 has 2,000 baths instead of the 3,000 here. SPECIAL TOPIC: ANE WEIGHTS AND VOLUMES 4:6 There was a large water container called "the laver of bronze" in Exod. 30:18-21. It was for the priests to wash their hands and feet. This was important (i.e., ceremonial cleansing). If it was ignored, death would occur (cf. 2 Chr. 4:21). The smaller basins were for washing the sacrifices before they were placed on the altar (cf. Ezek. 40:38).
2 Crônicas 4:7-10
4:7 "lampstands" The tabernacle had only one but Solomon increased the number and size of everything. The tabernacle had to be light to be carried but the temple was stationary. SPECIAL TOPIC: THE LAMPSTAND (Menorah) "in the way prescribed for them" The first mention of the details of YHWH's special worship tent is found in Exod. 25:9; 26:30 (cf. Acts 7:44; Heb. 8:5). These plans for the tabernacle were extended and expanded in Solomon's temple (cf. 1 Kgs. 6:38; 1 Chr. 28:11-19). This same phrase is repeated in 2 Chr. 4:20.
2 Crônicas 4:11-18
4:12-13 "the two pillars" These are described in 2 Chr. 3:15-17. "the two networks" This term (BDB 959) is used in three senses in the OT. window, lattice ‒ 2 Kgs. 1:2 animal trap made of interwoven branches ‒ Job 18:8 interwoven chains on the tops of the two bronze pillars in front of the inner shrine of Solomon's temple ‒ 1 Kgs. 7:17-18,41-42; 2 Kgs. 25:17; Jer. 52:22-23 4:17 The metal utensils for the temple were made in clay molds (cf. 1 Kgs. 7:46).
2 Crônicas 4:19-22
4:19 "the golden altar" See SPECIAL TOPIC: ALTAR OF INCENSE. "the tables with the bread of the Presence on them" See SPECIAL TOPIC: THE SHOW BREAD OF THE PRESENCE. 4:20-22 Like 2 Chr. 3:4-9, there are several kinds of gold mentioned. pure gold ‒ 2 Chr. 4:20,22 purest gold ‒ 2 Chr. 4:21 gold ‒ 2 Chr. 4:22 How these are distinguished is uncertain. 4:20 "the lampstands" See note at 2 Chr. 4:7. 4:22 "the snuffers" These were used to trim or extinguish the olive oil wicks (cf. 1 Kgs. 7:50; 2 Kgs. 12:14; 25:14; Jer. 52:18). "the inner doors for the holy of holies" See note at 2 Chr. 3:14 (cf. 1 Kgs. 6:31-32; 2 Chr. 3:7).