2 Chronicles 4:6

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6 ¹He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

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2 Chronicles 2:5—5:8

Have you ever wondered why God included some of the things He did in His Word? For example, why didn’t He tell us more about creation—and fewer details about how to build the temple and how to decorate it? We’ll hear the answers to these questions an...

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2 Chronicles 4:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 3:6

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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2 Chronicles 4:6 In-Context

4 It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inwards.

5 It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold 3,000 baths.

6 He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7 Then he made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left.

8 He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred golden bowls.

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1. Exodus 30:17-21; 1 Kings 7:38, 40

Footnotes 1

[a] Lit "in which to"