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Myles Coverdale Bible

2 Chronicles 4:9

He made a courte likewyse for the prestes, and a greate courte, and dores in the courte, and ouerlayed ye dores with brasse.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Temple, Solomon's;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Court of the Sanctuary;   Gate, East;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Temple of Solomon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court, and doors for the court. He overlaid the doors with bronze.
Hebrew Names Version
Furthermore he made the court of the Kohanim, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
King James Version
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
English Standard Version
He made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze.
New Century Version
He also made the priests' courtyard and the large courtyard. He made the doors that opened to the courtyard and covered them with bronze.
New English Translation
He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze.
Amplified Bible
Moreover, he made the courtyard of the priests, and the great courtyard [for the people] and doors for the courtyard, and he overlaid their doors with bronze.
New American Standard Bible
Then he made the courtyard of the priests and the great courtyard, and doors for the courtyard, and overlaid their doors with bronze.
World English Bible
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he made the court of the Priests, and the great court and doores for the court, and ouerlayd the doores thereof with brasse.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.
Berean Standard Bible
He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court and doors for the court, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
Contemporary English Version
Solomon gave orders to build two courtyards: a smaller one that only priests could use and a larger one. The doors to these courtyards were covered with bronze.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made the courtyard for the cohanim and the great courtyard, also the doors to the courtyard, which he overlaid with bronze.
Darby Translation
And he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors thereof with bronze.
Easy-to-Read Version
He also made the priests' courtyard, the large courtyard, and the doors that open to them. He used bronze to cover these doors.
George Lamsa Translation
Furthermore he made a large court for the priests and for the Levites, and overlaid the doors and the bars with brass.
Good News Translation
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.
Lexham English Bible
And he made the courtyard of the priests and the great outer courtyard and the doors for the outer court. And he overlaid their doors with bronze.
Literal Translation
And he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court; and he overlaid their doors with bronze.
American Standard Version
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
Bible in Basic English
Then he made the open space for the priests, and the great open space and its doors, plating the doors with brass.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made the court of the priestes, and the great court, and doores to it, and ouerlayde the doores of them with brasse.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
King James Version (1611)
Furthermore, hee made the court of the Priests, and the great court, and doores for the court, and ouerlayd the doores of them with brasse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Also he made the priests’ court, and the great court, and doors to the court, and their panels were overlaid with brass.
English Revised Version
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also he made an hundrid goldun viols. `Also he made a large place of preestis, and a greet hows, and doris in the greet hows, which he hilide with bras.
Update Bible Version
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with bronze.
Webster's Bible Translation
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
New King James Version
Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court and doors for the court; and he overlaid these doors with bronze.
New Living Translation
He then built a courtyard for the priests, and also the large outer courtyard. He made doors for the courtyard entrances and overlaid them with bronze.
New Life Bible
Then he made the open space of the religious leaders, the large open space, and the doors for the open space. And he covered their doors with brass.
New Revised Standard
He made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court; he overlaid their doors with bronze.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made the court of the priests, and the large enclosure, - and doors to the enclosure, and, the doors thereof, overlaid he with bronze.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also the court of the priests, and a great hall, and doors in the hall, which he covered with brass.
Revised Standard Version
He made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze;
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass.
THE MESSAGE
He built a Courtyard especially for the priests and then the great court and doors for the court. The doors were covered with bronze.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.

Contextual Overview

1 He made a brasen altare also, twentye cubytes longe, and twentye cubytes brode, and ten cubites hye. 2 And he made a molten lauer ten cubites wyde fro the one syde to the other rounde aboute, and fyue cubytes hye. And a metelyne of thirtie cubites mighte comprehende it aboute. 3 And ymages of Bullockes were vnder it. And aboute the lauer (which was ten cubites wyde) there were two rowes of knoppes, yt were molten withall. 4 It stode so vpon the bullockes, that thre were turned towarde the north, thre towarde the west, thre towarde the south, and thre towarde the east, and the lauer aboue vpon them, and all their hynder partes were on the ynsyde. 5 The thicknesse of it was an handbredth, and the edge of it was like the edge of a cuppe, and as a floured rose. And it conteyned thre thousande Batthes. 6 And he made ten kettels, wherof he set fyue on the righte hande and fyue on the lefte, to wa?she in them soch thinges as belonged to the burntofferynge, that they mighte thrust them therin: but ye lauer (made he) for for the prestes to wash in. 7 Ten golden candelstickes made he also as they ought to be, and set them in the temple: fyue on the righte hande, and fyue on the lefte. 8 And made ten tables, and set them in the temple: fyue on the righte hande, and fyue on the lefte. And made an hundreth basens of golde. 9 He made a courte likewyse for the prestes, and a greate courte, and dores in the courte, and ouerlayed ye dores with brasse. 10 And the lauer set he on the righte syde towarde the south east.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the court: 1 Kings 6:36, 1 Kings 7:12

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 6:13 - the court 2 Chronicles 33:5 - in the two Psalms 92:13 - in the Ezekiel 10:5 - outer Ezekiel 44:1 - the outward

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
And Abell brought also of the firstlinges of his shepe, and of ye fat of them. And the LORDE had respecte vnto Abell and to his offerynge:
Genesis 4:9
Then sayde the LORDE vnto Cain: Where is Abell thy brother? He sayde: I can not tell. Am I my brothers keper?
Genesis 4:11
And now shalt thou be cursed vpon the earth, which hath opened hir mouth, and receaued thy brothers bloude of thine hande.
Genesis 4:13
And Cain sayde vnto ye LORDE: my synne is greater, then that it maye be forgeuen me.
Genesis 4:14
Beholde, thou castest me out this daye from out of ye londe, and from yi sight must I hyde myself, and must be a vagabunde and a rennagate vpon ye earth. And thus shal it go with me: that who so fyndeth me, shal slaye me.
Genesis 37:32
and sent awaye that partie coloured cote, and caused it be brought vnto their father and sayde: This haue we founde, loke, whether it be thy sonnes coate, or no.
Psalms 9:12
And why? he maketh inquysicion for their bloude, and remembreth them: he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore.
Proverbs 28:13
He that hydeth his synnes, shall not prospere: but who so knowlegeth them and forsaketh them, shall haue mercy.
John 8:44
Ye are of the father the deuell, and after the lustes of youre father wyl ye do. The same was a murthurer from the begynnynge, and abode not in the trueth: for the trueth is not in him. Whan he speaketh a lye, then speaketh he of his awne: for he is a lyar, and a father of the same.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 4:9. He made the court of the priests — This was the inner court.

And the great court — This was the outer court, or place for the assembling of the people.


 
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