Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
2 Chronicles Chapter 4
Overview
Ch2 4:1, The altar of brass; Ch2 4:2, The molten sea upon twelve oxen; Ch2 4:6, The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables; Ch2 4:9, The courts, and the instruments of brass; Ch2 4:19, The instruments of gold.
an altar: Ch2 1:5; Exo 27:1-8; Kg1 8:22, Kg1 8:64, Kg1 9:25; Kg2 16:14, Kg2 16:15; Eze 43:13-17
a molten sea: Exo 30:18-21; Kg1 7:23; Zac 13:1; Tit 3:5; Rev 7:14
brim to brim: Heb. his brim to his brim
And under: Kg1 7:24-26; Eze 1:10, Eze 10:14; Co1 9:9, Co1 9:10; Rev 4:7
oxen: In the parallel passage of Kings, instead of bekarim, "oxen," we have pekaim, "knops," in the form of colocynths. (See note on Kg1 6:18, and see note on Kg2 4:39); which last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to received be here; bekarim, "oxen," being a mistake for pekaim, "knops." Houbigant, however, contends that the words in both places are right; but that bakar does not signify an ox here, but a large kind of grape, according to its meaning in Arabic. But Dr. A. Clarke states that bakar, or bakarat, has no such meaning in Arabic, though the phrase aino 'lbikri, or "ox-eye," signifies a species of black grape, very large, and of incredible sweetness; that consequently the criticism of this great man is not solid; and that the likeliest method of reconciling the two places is to suppose a change in the letters as above.
It stood: Mat 16:18; Eph 2:20; Rev 21:14
three: Mat 28:19, Mat 28:20; Mar 16:15; Luk 24:46, Luk 24:47; Act 9:15
with flowers of lilies: or, like a lily flower
three thousand baths: In the parallel passage, it is said to hold only two thousand baths; which some think may be reconciled by supposing that the quantity of water which was commonly in it was 2,000 baths, but that, if filled up to the top, it would hold 3,000. But, as we have already seen that the Babylonish cubit was less than that of the ancient Hebrews, it might be the same with measures of capacity; so that 2,000 of the ancient Jewish baths might have been equal to 3,000 of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot: "It received 3,000 baths of dry measure, and held 2,000 of liquid measure." See note on Kg1 7:26. Kg1 7:26
ten lavers: Exo 30:18-21; Kg1 7:38, Kg1 7:40; Psa 51:2; Co1 6:11; Jo1 1:7
such things as they offered for the burnt offering: Heb. the work of burnt offering, Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13; Eze 40:38
but the sea: Ch2 4:2; Exo 29:4; Heb 9:14, Heb 9:23; Rev 1:5, Rev 1:6, Rev 7:14
ten candlesticks: Kg1 7:49; Ch1 28:15; Zac 4:2, Zac 4:3, Zac 4:11-14; Mat 5:14-16; Joh 8:12; Rev 1:20
according to: Exo 25:31-40; Ch1 28:12, Ch1 28:19; Heb 8:5
ten tables: Exo 25:23-30, Exo 37:10-16; Kg1 7:48; Isa 25:6; Eze 44:16; Mal 1:12; Co1 10:21
basins: or, bowls, Jer 52:18, Jer 52:19; Zac 14:20
basins: or, bowls
finished: Heb. finished to make
To wit: Ch2 3:15-17
the pommels: Kg1 7:41
four hundred: Exo 28:33, Exo 28:34; Kg1 7:20, Kg1 7:42; Sol 4:13; Jer 52:23
pillars: Heb. face of the pillars
bases: 1Kings 7:27-43
lavers: or, caldrons, Ch2 4:6
pots also: Ch2 4:11; Exo 27:3, Exo 38:3; Zac 14:20, Zac 14:21
fleshhooks: Sa1 2:13, Sa1 2:14; Ch1 28:17
Huram: Kg1 7:13, Kg1 7:14, Kg1 7:45, Hiram
his father: Ch2 2:13
bright: Heb. made bright, or scoured
clay ground: Heb. thicknesses of the ground
Zeredathah: Kg1 7:46, Zarthan
the weight: Kg1 7:47; Ch1 22:3, Ch1 22:14; Jer 52:20
all the vessels: Ch2 36:10, Ch2 36:18; Kg1 7:48-50; Kg2 24:13, Kg2 25:13-15; Ezr 1:7-11; Jer 28:3; Jer 52:18, Jer 52:19; Dan 5:2, Dan 5:3, Dan 5:23
the golden: Ch2 26:16-18; Exo 30:1-10, Exo 37:25-29; Rev 8:3, Rev 9:13
the tables: Exo 25:23-30; Lev 24:5-8; Ch1 28:16
the candlesticks: Ch2 4:7; Exo 25:31-37
burn after: Exo 27:20, Exo 27:21
the oracle: Kg1 6:5, Kg1 6:16, Kg1 6:17, Kg1 8:6; Psa 28:2
the flowers: Probably each branch of the chandelier was made like a plant in flower; and the opening of the flower was either the lamp, or served to support it. Ch2 4:5; Exo 25:31-40, Exo 37:20; Kg1 6:18, Kg1 6:29, Kg1 6:35
perfect gold: Heb. perfections of gold, That is, the purest and best gold.
snuffers: Exo 37:23; Kg1 7:50; Kg2 12:13, Kg2 25:14; Jer 52:18
basins: or, bowls
the entry: Capellus and others suppose we should read, agreeably to Kg1 7:50, "The hinges also of the doors of the inner house," etc.; the word pothoth, "hinges," being mistaken for paithach, "an entry" or "door-way." Kg1 6:31, Kg1 6:32