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A Likely Scribal Error
Scholars note a difference between this verse, which mentions "oxen," and its parallel in 1 Kings 7:24, which lists "gourds" or "knops." One prominent view, from commentator Albert Barnes, is that an early copyist may have changed the rarer word for "gourd" to the more familiar "oxen," since the Sea itself was associated with oxen.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Chronicles 4:3
18th Century
Theologian
Instead of “oxen,” we find “knops” or “gourds” in 1 Kings 7:24. An early copyist, not comprehending the comparatively rare word used he…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 4:3
19th Century
Bishop
Error: Completed but no modernized text found in DB
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 4:3
17th Century
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(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 4:1–22
17th Century
Minister
Here is a further account of the furniture of God's house. Both outside and inside, there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and fores…