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2 Chronicles 4:1

He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, 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.
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.
Good News Translation
King Solomon had a bronze altar made, which was 30 feet square and 15 feet high.
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 He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. 2 He also made the big bronze basin called "The Sea." It measured 15 feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet. 3 Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with "The Sea." 4 "The Sea" stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. "The Sea" was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. 5 It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons. 6 He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in "The Sea." 7 He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. 8 He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls. 9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze. 10 He put "The Sea" on the south side, in the southeast corner.

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
And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel."
Genesis 4:25
And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."
Genesis 5:29
He named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed."
Numbers 31:17
Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.
1 John 3:12
not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

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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