1 Reyes 7:46

46 El rey los fundió en la llanura del Jordán, en la tierra arcillosa entre Sucot y Saretán.

1 Reyes 7:46 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 7:46

In the plain of Jericho did the king cast them in the
clay ground
Which being thick, as the word signifies, and stiff and close, was fit for such a purpose as casting brass; of such clay, furnaces of earth used to be made to melt metals in; but here were large things to be cast, as the two pillars, the sea, the ten lavers, &c. moulds were made in the ground, and so the melted brass was poured into them, which gave it its different forms; this, no doubt, was done by Hiram, though said to be done by the king, because done by his orders: the place where it was done was a part of the plain of Jericho, which lay

between Succoth and Zarthan;
Succoth was in the tribe of Gad, on the other side Jordan; Zarthan was near it on this side, in the tribe of Manasseh, the same that is called Zartanah, ( 1 Kings 4:12 ) and Zaretan, ( Joshua 3:16 ) and Zeredathah, ( 2 Chronicles 4:17 ) . The first casters of brass are said ^F8 to be Theodorus and Rhaecus, both Samians.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Pausau. Arcadica, sive, l. 8. p. 479. & Boeotica, sive, l. 9. p. 607.

1 Reyes 7:46 In-Context

44 el mar y los doce bueyes debajo del mar;

45 los calderos, las palas y los tazones; todos estos utensilios que Hiram hizo para el rey Salomón en la casa del SEÑOR eran de bronce bruñido.

46 El rey los fundió en la llanura del Jordán, en la tierra arcillosa entre Sucot y Saretán.

47 Salomón dejó todos los utensilios sin pesarlos porque eran demasiados; el peso del bronce no se pudo determinar.

48 Y Salomón hizo todos los utensilios que estaban en la casa del SEÑOR: el altar de oro y la mesa de oro sobre la cual estaba el pan de la Presencia;