2 Chronicles 4:1

2 Chronicles 4:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Solomon also made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

Context of 2 Chronicles 4:1

He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. 2Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 3Under it were figures of gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.

2 Chronicles 4:1 word by word

וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח נְחֹ֔שֶׁת עֶשְׂרִ֤ים אַמָּה֙ אָרְכּ֔וֹ וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אַמָּ֖ה רָחְבּ֑וֹ וְעֶ֥שֶׂר אַמּ֖וֹת קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover he madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• of brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• the lengthאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
• the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• thereof, and tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• the heightקוֹמָהqômâh · heightH6967

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:1

• 2 Chronicles 1:5Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly sought it out.
• Exodus 27:1"You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.
• 1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven,
• 1 Kings 9:25Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the Lord, making offerings with it before the Lord. So he finished the house.
• 2 Kings 16:14And the bronze altar that was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from the place between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.
• Ezekiel 43:13"These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): its base shall be one cubit high and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4:1

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The 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 2 Chronicles 6:12-13.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The furniture of the temple. --Here is a further account of the furniture of God's house. Both without doors and within, there was that which typified the grace of the gospel, and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. There was the brazen altar. The making of this was not mentioned in the book of Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered, and it sanctified the gift. The people who worshipped in the courts might see the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12Ch 4:1. Altar of Brass. 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 (Ex 20:26) after the introduction of an official costume for the priests (Ex 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…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings