2 Chronicles 4:1

The Temple’s Furnishings

1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.^[a]

2 Chronicles 4:1 in Other Translations

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.

1 He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

1 Solomon also made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

1 He made the Bronze Altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and ten feet high.

1 He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

2 Chronicles 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:1

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

2 Chronicles 4:1 In-Context

1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.

2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it.

3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit. The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

4 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center.

5 It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 20:24; Exodus 27:1-2; S Exodus 40:6; S 1 Kings 8:64; 2 Kings 16:14

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 30 feet long and wide and 15 feet high or about 9 meters long and wide and 4.5 meters high