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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 4:1

King Solomon had a bronze altar made, which was 30 feet square and 15 feet high.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Thompson Chain Reference - Altars;   Brazen Altar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altars;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Altar ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - The Brazen Altar;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Altar;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Altar;   Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Temple;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Altar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Temple of Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.
Hebrew Names Version
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the height of it.
King James Version
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
English Standard Version
He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
New Century Version
He made a bronze altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and fifteen feet tall.
New English Translation
He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.
Amplified Bible
Then Solomon made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and ten cubits in height.
New American Standard Bible
Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and ten cubits in height.
World English Bible
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the height of it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee made an altar of brasse twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broade, and ten cubites hie.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.
Berean Standard Bible
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
Contemporary English Version
Solomon had a bronze altar made that was thirty feet square and fifteen feet high.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made an altar of bronze thirty-five feet long, thirty-five feet wide and seventeen-and-a-half feet high.
Darby Translation
And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.
Easy-to-Read Version
He made a bronze altar that was 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and 10 cubits tall.
George Lamsa Translation
MOREOVER he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length and twenty cubits its breadth and ten cubits its height.
Lexham English Bible
And he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits was its length, and twenty cubits was its width, and ten cubits was its height.
Literal Translation
And he made an altar of bronze, its length twenty cubits and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He made a brasen altare also, twentye cubytes longe, and twentye cubytes brode, and ten cubites hye.
American Standard Version
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
Bible in Basic English
Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made an aulter of brasse, twentie cubites long, and twentie cubites broade, and ten cubites hie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer he made an Altar of brasse, twentie cubites the length thereof, and twentie cubites the breadth thereof, and ten cubites the height therof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits.
English Revised Version
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also he made a brasun auter of twenti cubitis of lengthe, and of twenti cubitis of breede, and of ten cubitis of heiythe;
Update Bible Version
Moreover he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the width thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the hight of it.
New King James Version
1 Kings 6:23-38; 7:13-51">[xr] Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.
New Living Translation
Solomon also made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.
New Life Bible
Then he made a brass altar. It was ten steps long, and ten steps wide, and three times taller than a man.
New Revised Standard
He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits, the length thereof, and, twenty cubits, the breadth thereof, - and, ten cubits, the height thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high.
Revised Standard Version
He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.
THE MESSAGE
He made the Bronze Altar thirty feet long, thirty feet wide, and ten feet high.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.

Contextual Overview

1 King Solomon had a bronze altar made, which was 30 feet square and 15 feet high. 2 He also made a round tank of bronze, 7½ feet deep, 15 feet in diameter, and 45 feet in circumference. 3 All around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of decorations, one above the other. The decorations were in the shape of bulls, which had been cast all in one piece with the rest of the tank. 4 The tank rested on the backs of twelve bronze bulls that faced outward, three facing in each direction. 5 The sides of the tank were 3 inches thick. Its rim was like the rim of a cup, curving outward like the petals of a flower. The tank held about 15,000 gallons. 6 They also made ten basins, five to be placed on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. They were to be used to rinse the parts of the animals that were burned as sacrifices. The water in the large tank was for the priests to use for washing. 7They made ten gold lampstands according to the usual pattern, and ten tables, and placed them in the main room of the Temple, five lampstands and five tables on each side. They also made a hundred gold bowls. 9 They made an inner courtyard for the priests, and also an outer courtyard. The doors in the gates between the courtyards were covered with bronze. 10 The tank was placed near the southeast corner of the Temple.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an altar: 2 Chronicles 1:5, Exodus 27:1-8, 1 Kings 8:22, 1 Kings 8:64, 1 Kings 9:25, 2 Kings 16:14, 2 Kings 16:15, Ezekiel 43:13-17

Reciprocal: Exodus 38:1 - the altar 2 Samuel 8:8 - exceeding 2 Chronicles 7:7 - the brazen 2 Chronicles 8:12 - on the altar 2 Chronicles 15:8 - the altar of the Lord 2 Chronicles 29:18 - the altar 2 Chronicles 32:12 - one altar Ezra 3:3 - the altar Ezekiel 9:2 - beside Ezekiel 43:16 - twelve cubits

Cross-References

Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's heel."
Genesis 4:25
Adam and his wife had another son. She said, "God has given me a son to replace Abel, whom Cain killed." So she named him Seth.
Genesis 5:29
and said, "From the very ground on which the Lord put a curse, this child will bring us relief from all our hard work"; so he named him Noah.
Numbers 31:17
So now kill every boy and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse,
1 John 3:12
We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The supplementary character of Chronicles is here once more apparent. The author of Kings had omitted to record the dimensions of the brass altar. It stood in the great court 2 Chronicles 6:12-13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER IV

The brazen altar, 1.

Molten sea, and its supporters, 2-5.

The ten lavers, 6.

Ten golden candlesticks, 7.

Ten tables, the hundred golden basons, and the priests'

court, 8-10.

The works which Huram performed, 11-17.

Solomon finishes the temple, and its utensils, 18-22.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV


 
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