1 Koningen 7:46

46 In de vlakte van de Jordaan goot ze de koning, in dichte aarde, tussen Sukkoth en tussen Zarthan.

1 Koningen 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 Koningen 7:46 In-Context

44 Daartoe de ene zee; en de twaalf runderen onder die zee.

45 De potten ook, en de schoffelen, en de besprengbekkens, en al deze vaten, die Hiram voor den koning Salomo tot het huis des HEEREN maakte, alle van gepolijst koper.

46 In de vlakte van de Jordaan goot ze de koning, in dichte aarde, tussen Sukkoth en tussen Zarthan.

47 En Salomo liet al deze vaten ongewogen vanwege de zeer grote menigte; het gewicht des kopers werd niet onderzocht.

48 Ook maakte Salomo al de vaten, die voor het huis des HEEREN waren; het gouden altaar, en de gouden tafel, op dewelke de toonbroden waren;