English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 4:17
17In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
2 Chronicles 4:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
- New International Version (NIV)The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In the plain of Jordan the king had them cast in clay molds, between Succoth and Zeredah.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan.
Context of 2 Chronicles 4:17
15and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it. 16The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. 18Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought. 19So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence,
Read all of 2 Chronicles 42 Chronicles 4:17 word by word
בְּכִכַּ֤ר הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ יְצָקָ֣ם הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ בַּעֲבִ֖י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה בֵּ֥ין סֻכּ֖וֹת וּבֵ֥ין צְרֵדָֽתָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In the plainכִּכָּרkikâr · talentH3603
- of Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
- did the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- castיָצַקyâtsaq · to pour: cast metalH3332
- them, in the clayעָב‛âb · cloudH5645
- groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
- between Succothסֻכּוֹתsûkkôth sûkkôth · SuccothH5523
- and Zeredathahצְרֵדָהtserêdâh tserêdâthâh · ZeredahH6868
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17In the clay ground - See on 1 Kings 7:46; (note). Some suppose that he did not actually cast those instruments at those places, but that he brought the clay from that quarter, as being the most proper for making moulds to cast in.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Zeredathah - Or, Zarthan (marginal reference). The writer of Chronicles probably uses the name which the place bore in his own day.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-18Compare 1 Kings 7:40b–47, which the Chronicler follows almost word for word.Read the comment
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- 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
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