2 Chronicles 4:6

2 Chronicles 4:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He also made ten lavers, and put five on the right side and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as they offered for the burnt offering they would wash in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He also made ten smaller basins for washing the utensils for the burnt offerings. He set five on the south side and five on the north. But the priests washed themselves in the Sea.

Context of 2 Chronicles 4:6

4The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 5It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths. He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing. 7He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. 8He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.

2 Chronicles 4:6 word by word

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ כִּיּוֹרִים֮ עֲשָׂרָה֒ וַ֠יִּתֵּן חֲמִשָּׁ֨ה מִיָּמִ֜ין וַחֲמִשָּׁ֤ה מִשְּׂמֹאול֙ לְרָחְצָ֣ה בָהֶ֔ם אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הָעוֹלָ֖ה יָדִ֣יחוּ בָ֑ם וְהַיָּ֕ם לְרָחְצָ֥ה לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים בּֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• also tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• laversכִּיֹּרkîyôr kîyôr · basinH3595
• and putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• on the right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · right: southH3225
• on the leftשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · leftH8040
• to washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• in them: such things as they offeredמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• for the burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• they washedדּוּחַdûach · to washH1740
• in them; but the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• for the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:6

• Exodus 30:18“Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.
• 1 Kings 7:38He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands.
• Psalms 51:2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
• 1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
• 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
• Leviticus 1:9You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
• Ezekiel 40:38A room with a doorway was by the portico in each of the inner gateways, where the burnt offerings were washed.
• 2 Chronicles 4:2He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.
• Hebrews 9:14How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
• Revelation 7:14I answered, “Sir, you know.” And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6He made also ten lavers - The lavers served to wash the different parts of the victims in; and the molten sea was for the use of the priests. In this they bathed, or drew water from it for their personal purification.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The sea had the same purpose as the bronze washbasin in the tabernacle (see Exodus 30:18–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. ten lavers--(See on 1Ki 7:27). The laver of the tabernacle had probably been destroyed. The ten new ones were placed between the porch and the altar, and while the molten sea was for the priests to cleanse their hands and feet, these were intended for washing the sacrifices.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 4:6

• Ablution
• Purification
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Burnt offering
• Laver
• Sea
• Solomon
• Genealogy
• Temple
• Wash; Washing

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