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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
• 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

Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height. 2Then he made the Sea of cast bronze, ten cubits from one brim to the other; it was completely round. Its height was five cubits, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 3And under it was the likeness of oxen encircling it all around, ten to a cubit, all the way around the Sea. The oxen were cast in two rows, 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 1:5Now the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord; Solomon and the assembly sought Him there.
• Exodus 27:1“You shall make an altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide—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 9:25Now three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he had built for the Lord, and he burned incense with them on the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the temple.
• 2 Kings 16:14He also brought the bronze altar which was before the Lord, from the front of the temple—from between the new altar and the house of the Lord—and put it on the north side of the new altar.
• Ezekiel 43:13“These are the measurements of the altar in cubits (the cubit is one cubit and a handbreadth): the base one cubit high and one cubit wide, with a rim all around its edge of one span. This is 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