2 Chronicles 4:1

The Bronze Altar and Molten Sea

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

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 also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.

3 Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.

4 The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

5 It was a handbreadth thick, and its rim was fashioned like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It could hold three thousand baths.

Cross References

• 1. (1 Kings 7:23–26)

Footnotes

• [a] The altar was approximately 30 feet in length and width and 15 feet high (9.1 meters in length and width and 4.6 meters high).