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2 Chronicles Chapter 4 Inductive Bible Study - Outline, Key Words, Cross References, Observations, Discussion Questions

Chapter 4:1-22

 

The Altar

1 Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.

 

The Sea

2 Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.

3 Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece.

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.

 

The Basins, Lamstands and Tables

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.

 

Placement of the Sea

9 Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.

10 He set the sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast.

 

Items Crafted by Huram

11 Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God:

12 the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars,

13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars.

14 He also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands,

15 and the one sea with the twelve oxen under it.

16 The pails, the shovels, the forks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.

17 On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

 

Solomon’s Generosity

18 Thus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be found out.

19 Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: even the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them,

20 the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest gold;

22 and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the holy of holies and the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold.

 

 

Key Words

·         made                     14

·         two                            8

·         five                           7

·         cubit                         7

·         ten                            6

·         house                      6

·         sea                           6

·         bowl                         6

·         gold                          5

·         door                          4

·         brim                          4

·         solomon                  4

·         set                             4

·         right                          4

·         side                          4

·         oxen                         4

·         bronze                     4

·         three                         4

·         facing                       4

·         pillar                         4

·         one                           3

·         top                            3

·         court                         3

·         golden                     3

·         left                            3

·         network                    3

·         cast                           3

·         king                          3

·         capital                      3       

Titles

Furnishings for the Temple

Outline

        I.           The Altar                                                      1

      II.           The Sea                                                         2-5

    III.           The Basins, Lampstands and Tables   6-8

   IV.           Placement of the Sea                                9-10

     V.           Items Crafted by Huram                           11-17

   VI.            Solomon’s Generosity                            18-22

Cross References, Questions, Observations

1 Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.

Ex 27:1-2

 1 "And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

2 "You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze.

a)     Why was the altar made of bronze?

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2 Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits.

1 Ki 7:23

23 Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference.

Ex 30:18-21

18 "You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

19 "Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;

20 when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the LORD.

21 "So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations."

Tit 3:5

5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Rv 7:14

14 I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

a)      

1)     Clearly, some approximation was used in the measurements since the diameter of the sea was ten cubits and its circumference was given as thirty cubits rather than ten pi cubits

3 Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece.

1 Ki 7:24

24 Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the rest.

a)     What was unusual about the two rows of oxen under the brim of the sea?

1)      

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.

a)      

1)      

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.

1 Bath = 6 Gallons

1 Ki 7:26

26 It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths.

a)      

1)      

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.

a)     What was washed in the ten basins?

1)      

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.

a)     What were the ten golden lampstands for?

1)     As God gave more light to His people, this was signified by an increased number of lampstands. In Moses time there was only the Pentateuch.

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.

a)      

1)      

9 Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze.

Ac 3:11

11 While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement.

Mt 21:23

23 When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?"

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1)      

10 He set the sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast.

a)      

1)      

11 Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God:

a)      

1)      

12 the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars,

a)      

1)      

13 and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars.

a)      

1)      

14 He also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands,

a)      

1)      

15 and the one sea with the twelve oxen under it.

a)      

1)      

16 The pails, the shovels, the forks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD.

a)      

1)      

17 On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

a)      

1)      

18 Thus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be found out.

1 Ki 7:47

47 Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained.

1 Ch 22:3

3 David prepared large quantities of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more bronze than could be weighed;

1 Ch 22:14

14 "Now behold, with great pains I have prepared for the house of the LORD  100,000 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.

a)      

1)      

19 Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: even the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them,

2 Ki 25:13-15

13 Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD, and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon.

14 They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service.

15 The captain of the guard also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver.

2 Ch 36:10

10 At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the LORD, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Ch 36:18

18 All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon.

Ezr 1:7-11

7 Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods;

8 and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.

9 Now this was their number: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 duplicates;

10 30 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind and 1,000 other articles.

11 All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Jer 28:2-3

2 " Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.

3'Within two years I am going to bring back to this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon.

Da 5:2-4

2 When Belshazzar tasted the wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them.

3 Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them.

4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

a)      

1)      

20 the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

Ex 25:31-37

31 Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.

32 " Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its other side.

33 " Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bulb and a flower — so for six branches going out from the lampstand;

34 and in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers.

35 " A bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

36 " Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold.

37 "Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it.

Ex 27:20

20 "You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.

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1)      

21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest gold;

a)      

1)      

22 and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the holy of holies and the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold.

Ex 37:23-24

23 He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold.

24 He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

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2)      

Key Verse

19 Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: even the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them,

Central Teaching

When doing a work for the Lord, I should do it to the very best of my ability.

Application - What is Yours

Plan for the details of the family HK trip.

 

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