1 The altar of brass 2-5 The molten sea upon twelve oxen 6-8 The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables 9-18 The courts, and the instruments of brass 19-22 The instruments of gold

an altar 2Ch 1:5 Ex 27:1-8 1Ki 8:22,64 9:25 2Ki 16:14,15 Eze 43:13-17

2 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

a molten sea Ex 20:18-21 1Ki 7:23 Zec 13:1 Tit 3:5 Re 7:14

brim to brim [heb] his brim to brim

3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

And under 1Ki 7:24-26 Eze 1:10 10:14 1Co 9:9,10 Re 4:7

oxen In the parallel passage of Kings, instead of bekarim, `oxen,' we have pekaim, `knops,' in the form of colocynths. (See on 1ki 6:18, and 2ki 4:39;) which last is supposed by able critics to be the reading which ought to received 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.

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 above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

It stood Mt 16:18 Eph 2:20 Re 21:14

three Mt 28:19,20 Mr 16:15 Lu 24:46,47 Ac 9:15

5 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

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, but that, if filled up to the top, it would hold 3000. 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 2000 of the ancient jewish baths might have been equal to 3000 of those used after the captivity. The Targum cuts the knot: ` It received 3000 baths of dry measure, and held 2000 of liquid measure.'

See 1ki 7:26 1Ki 7:26

6 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

ten lavers Ex 30:18-21 1Ki 7:38,40 Ps 51:2 1Co 6:11 1Jo 1:7

such things as they offered for the burnt offering. [heb] the work of burnt offering. Le 1:9,13 Eze 40:38

but the sea 2Ch 4:2 Heb 9:14,23 Re 1:5,6 7:14

7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

ten candlesticks 1Ki 7:49 1Ch 28:15 Zec 4:2,3,11-14 Mt 5:14-16 Joh 8:12 Re 1:20

according to Ex 25:31-40 1Ch 28:12,19 Heb 8:5

8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basins of gold.

ten tables Ex 25:23-30 37:10-16 1Ki 7:48 Isa 25:6 Eze 44:16 Mal 1:12 1Co 10:21

basons. or, bowls. Jer 52:18,19 Zec 14:20

9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

the court 1Ki 6:36 7:12

10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

1Ki 7:39

11 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

the pots 1Ki 7:40,45

basons. or, bowls
finished. [heb] finished to make

12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

To wit 2Ch 3:15-17

the pommels 1Ki 7:41

13 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

four hundred Ex 28:33,34 1Ki 7:20,42 So 4:13 Jer 52:23

pillars [heb] face of the pillars

14 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

bases 1Ki 7:27-43

lavers. or, caldrons 2Ch 4:6

15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

2Ch 4:2-5

16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

pots also 2Ch 4:11 Ex 27:3 38:3 Zec 14:20,21

flesh-hooks 1Sa 2:13,14 1Ch 28:17

Huram 1Ki 7:13,14,45

Hiram
his father 2Ch 2:13

bright [heb] made bright, or scoured

17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

clay ground [heb] thicknesses of the ground
Zeredathah 1Ki 7:46

Zarthan

18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

the weight 1Ki 7:47 1Ch 22:3,14 Jer 52:20

19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;

all the vessels 2Ch 36:10,18 1Ki 7:48-50 2Ki 24:13 25:13-15 Ezr 1:7-11 Jer 28:3 52:18,19 Da 5:2,3,23

the golden 2Ch 26:16-18 Ex 30:1-10 37:25-29 Re 8:3 9:13

the tables Ex 25:23-30 Le 24:5-8 1Ch 28:16

20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

the candlesticks 2Ch 4:7 Ex 25:31-37

burn after Ex 27:20,21

the oracle 1Ki 6:5,16,17 8:6 Ps 28:2

21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

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. 2Ch 4:5 Ex 25:31 37:20 1Ki 6:18,29,35

perfect gold [heb] perfections of gold. That is, the purest and best gold.

22 And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

snuffers Ex 37:23 1Ki 7:50 2Ki 12:13 25:14 Jer 52:18

basons. or, bowls
the entry Capellus and others suppose we should read, agreeably to 1ki 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.' 1Ki 6:31,32