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2 Chronicles

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Then he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high. See also: 1 Kings 8:64 Ezekiel 43:13-17 2 Kings 16:14-15Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim. It was round, five cubits high, and thirty cubits in circumference. See also: Zechariah 13:1 1 Kings 7:23-26 Exodus 30:18-21Under it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast. See also: 1 Corinthians 9:9-10 Revelation 4:7 Ezekiel 1:10It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, three looking toward the west, three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was set on them above, and all their hindquarters were inward. See also: Mark 16:15 Revelation 21:14 Luke 24:46-47It was a handbreadth thick. Its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It received and held three thousand baths. See also: 1 Kings 7:26He also made ten basins, and put five on the right hand and five on the left, to wash in them. The things that belonged to the burnt offering were washed in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash in. See also: 1 Kings 7:38 Exodus 30:18-21 Psalms 51:2He made the ten lamp stands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand and five on the left. See also: 1 Kings 7:49 Exodus 25:31-40 John 8:12He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold. See also: 1 Kings 7:48 Exodus 25:23-30 1 Corinthians 10:21Furthermore he made the court of the priests, the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze. See also: 1 Kings 6:36 2 Kings 21:5 1 Kings 7:12He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. See also: 1 Kings 7:39Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for King Solomon in God’s house: See also: 1 Kings 7:40-51 1 Kings 7:14the two pillars, the bowls, the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, See also: 1 Kings 7:41 2 Chronicles 3:15-17and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks—two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars. See also: 1 Kings 7:20 Jeremiah 52:23 Exodus 28:33-34He also made the bases, and he made the basins on the bases— See also: 1 Kings 7:27-43one sea, and the twelve oxen under it. Huram-abi also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for King Solomon, for the LORD’s house, of bright bronze. See also: 2 Chronicles 2:13 2 Chronicles 4:11 1 Chronicles 28:17The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. See also: 1 Kings 7:46Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, so that the weight of the bronze could not be determined. See also: 1 Kings 7:47 Jeremiah 52:20 1 Chronicles 22:3Solomon made all the vessels that were in God’s house: the golden altar, the tables with the show bread on them, See also: Revelation 9:13 Exodus 37:25-29 2 Chronicles 36:18and the lamp stands with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; See also: Exodus 25:31-37 2 Chronicles 4:7 1 Kings 6:5and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was purest gold; See also: 1 Kings 6:29 Exodus 37:20 1 Kings 6:35and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold. See also: 2 Kings 25:14 Exodus 37:23 1 Kings 7:50

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)13 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

2 Chronicles 4:1

Ver. 1. Altar of holocausts, much larger than that of Moses. The one which was built after the captivity, was a square of fifteen cubits. This of Solomon was only ten in height. A sloping ascent was made up to it, according to Josephus; (Bel. vi. 5. or v. 14.) or the steps were closed in, if we believe others. See Ex.

xxvii. 1. and xx. 26. It is thought (C.) that the inside of the altar was filled with earth, (M.) or with rough stones: (Ex. xx. 24. D.) but that is not certain, with regard to the brazen altar. See 1 Mac. iv. 44. 47. C.

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2 Chronicles 4:2

Ver. 2. Sea, or great brazen vessel, and some other things that were not in the tabernacle of Moses, whose plan was followed, but with greater magnificence.

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2 Chronicles 4:3

Ver. 3. Oxen. In 3 K. vii. 24. we read Heb. "knops," (H.) or "apples." --- Of ten.

Heb. "ten in a cubit." Hence there must have been 600 heads of oxen, as the sea was thirty cubits in circumference, and there were two rows. C. --- Others suppose that here were only five in each row, or only one in each cubit. See Vat. and 3 K. The Sept. and Syr. omit this verse. C. --- Yet it is found in the best editions of the Sept. H.

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2 Chronicles 4:4

Ver. 4. Cast. Heb. adds, "when it (the sea) was cast." H. --- They were done at the same time, (T.) and were perhaps intended to let out the water. The twelve oxen, which supported the sea, were not cast along with it. D.

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2 Chronicles 4:5

Ver. 5. Three. 3 K. two, may specify the usual quantity that was contained, though the vessel would absolutely hold a thousand measures, or baths, more. H.

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2 Chronicles 4:6

Ver. 6. Holocaust, as well as all the necessary utensils. --- Priests. They did not bathe in the sea, but drew water into other vessels. The Chal. supposes that the work of Beseleel was for the high priest alone. C.

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2 Chronicles 4:9

Ver. 9. Hall, ( basilicam. ) Sept. use the same term ( aule) as just before is rendered court; and the Prot. make no distinction, though the Heb. terms be different. Sept. render chatsar, "the court" of the people. There, we know, that Solomon had his tribune. C. vi. 13. Ezechiel (xliii. 14.) distinguishes two; the great, lower or outward, (C. chatsar) or court, and that of the priests, (H.) which he styles the less, &c. The principal door lay to the east.

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2 Chronicles 4:10

Ver. 10. Right, though to the left of those who entered the temple.

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2 Chronicles 4:12

Ver. 12. Pommels, ( epistylia. ) Heb. "cordons," or rows of pomegranates, (3 K.

vii. 18.) each consisting of one hundred; so that at the two pillars were adorned with a double row, both together would have four hundred. C. --- The precise number is fixed at ninety-six for each row.

Jer. lii. 23. T.

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2 Chronicles 4:16

Ver. 16. His father. Heb. Abib, which is considered by some as a surname, (M.) or the title may be given to Hiram, on account of his skill. C. --- He is so called by the king of Tyre, (C. ii. 13.) for having instructed him in the true faith. W.

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2 Chronicles 4:17

Ver. 17. Saredatha, or Sarthan, (3 K. vii. 46.) not far from Bethsan. 3 K. iv. 12. C.

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2 Chronicles 4:21

Ver. 21. Flowers. They represented lilies or other flowers (T.) full-blown, when the lamps were burning. All the branches were of pure gold. C.

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2 Chronicles 4:22

Ver. 22. Mortars, to hold the fine flour. M. --- And thus. Here the fifth chapter commences, in Heb. and Sept.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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