2 Chronicles 4 · Verse 1

2 Chronicles 4:1

Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

2 Chronicles 4:1, King James Version

2 Chronicles 4:1 in other translations

BSB	He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
WEB	Then he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
ASV	Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
YLT	And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.
DARBY	And he made a brazen altar: its length was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits, and its height ten cubits.
BBE	Then he made a brass altar, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.
Webster	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.

What does 2 Chronicles 4:1 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2Ch 4:1. Altar of Brass. 1. he made an altar of brass--Steps must have been necessary for ascending so elevated an altar, but the use of these could be no longer forbidden (Ex 20:26) after the introduction of an official costume for the priests (Ex 28:42). It measured thirty-five feet by thirty-five, and in height seventeen and a half feet. The thickness of the metal used for this altar is nowhere given; but supposing it to have been three inches, the whole weight of the metal would not be under two hundred tons [Napier]. 2Ch 4:2-5. Molten Sea.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The brazen altar, 2Chr 4:1. Molten sea, and its supporters, 2Chr 4:2-5. The ten lavers, 2Chr 4:6. Ten golden candlesticks, 2Chr 4:7. Ten tables, the hundred golden basons, and the priests' court, 2Chr 4:8-10. The works which Huram performed, 2Chr 4:11-17. Solomon finishes the temple, and its utensils, 2Chr 4:18-22.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

The furniture of the temple. --Here is a further account of the furniture of God's house. Both without doors and within, there was that which typified the grace of the gospel, and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. There was the brazen altar. The making of this was not mentioned in the book of Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered, and it sanctified the gift. The people who worshipped in the courts might see the sacrifices burned. They might thus be led to consider the great Sacrifice, to be offered in the fulness of time, to take away sin, and put an end to death, which the blood of bulls and goats could not possibly do. And, with the smoke of the sacrifices, their hearts might ascend to heaven, in holy desires towards God and his favour. In all our devotions we must keep the eye of faith fixed upon Christ. The furniture of the temple, compared with that of the tabernacle, showed that God's church would be enlarged, and his worshippers multiplied. Blessed be God, there is enough in Christ for all.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 4:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙vai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213

מִזְבַּ֣חmiz.Bachan altar ofH4196

נְחֹ֔שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronzeH5178

עֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.Rim[was] twentyH6242

אַמָּה֙'a.Mahcubit[s]H520

אָרְכּ֔וֹ'a.re.Kolength itsH753

וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.Rimand [was] twentyH6242

אַמָּ֖ה'a.Mahcubit[s]H520

רָחְבּ֑וֹra.che.Bobreadth itsH7341

וְעֶ֥שֶׂרve.'E.serand [was] tenH6235

אַמּ֖וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520

קוֹמָתֽוֹ\׃\ \סko.ma.Toheight itsH6967

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 4:1

1 Kings 8:64
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
Ezekiel 43:13-17
And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. …
2 Chronicles 1:5
Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
Exodus 27:1-8
And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. …
1 Kings 9:25
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.
2 Kings 16:14-15
And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the Lord, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of the altar. And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
1 Kings 8:22
And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 The altar of brass.
2 The molten sea upon twelve oxen.
6 The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables.
9 The courts, and the instruments of brass.
19 The instruments of gold.

an altar.
1:5; Ex 27:1-8; 1Ki 8:22,64; 9:25; 2Ki 16:14,15; Eze 43:13-17

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Context

2 Chronicles 4:1
Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
2 Chronicles 4:2
Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

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2 Chronicles 4:1 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	HIZO además un altar de bronce de veinte codos de longitud, y veinte codos de anchura, y diez codos de altura.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il fit un autel d’airain long de 20 coudées, et large de 20 coudées, et haut de dix coudées.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er machte einen ehernen Altar: zwanzig Ellen seine Länge, und zwanzig Ellen seine Breite, und zehn Ellen seine Höhe.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Fecit quoque altare æneum viginti cubitorum longitudinis, et viginti cubitorum latitudinis, et decem cubitorum altitudinis.