John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 4

John Gill Commentary

2 Chronicles 4

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

2 Chronicles 4

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
Verse 1

"Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof." — 2 Chronicles 4:1 (ASV)

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

Verse 2

"Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about." — 2 Chronicles 4:2 (ASV)

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

Verse 3

"And under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast." — 2 Chronicles 4:3 (ASV)

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

Verse 4

"It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward." — 2 Chronicles 4:4 (ASV)

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

Verse 5

"And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths." — 2 Chronicles 4:5 (ASV)

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

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