2 Chronicles 4 · Verse 16

2 Chronicles 4:16

The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.
2 Chronicles 4:16, King James Version

2 Chronicles 4:16 in other translations

BSBand the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
WEBHuram-abi also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for King Solomon, for the LORD’s house, of bright bronze.
ASVThe pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his father make for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.
YLTand the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their vessels, hath Huram his father made for king Solomon, for the house of Jehovah, of brass purified.
DARBYAnd the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram Abiv make king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass.
BBEAll the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.
WebsterThe pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

What does 2 Chronicles 4:16 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 Huram his father - אב ab, father, is often used in Hebrew to signify a master, inventor, chief operator, and is very probably used here in the former sense by the Chaldee: All these Chiram his master made for King Solomon; or Chiram Abi, or rather Hiram, made for the king.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 4:16 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.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַ֠סִּירוֹתHa.si.rotthe potsH5518
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַיָּעִ֤יםhai.ya.'Imthe shovelsH3257
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַמִּזְלָגוֹת֙ha.miz.la.goyTthe forksH4207
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
כְּלֵיהֶ֔םke.lei.Hemarticles theirH3627
עָשָׂ֞ה'a.Sahhe madeH6213
חוּרָ֥םchu.RamHuramH2361
אָבִ֛יו'a.VivAbiH1
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְla.Me.lekhfor the kingH4428
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הshe.lo.MohSolomonH8010
לְבֵ֣יתle.Veitfor [the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
נְחֹ֖שֶׁתne.Cho.shetbronzeH5178
מָרֽוּק\׃ma.RukpolishedH4838

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 4:16

  • 2 Chronicles 2:13

    And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,

  • 1 Kings 7:13-14

    And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:17

    Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

  • 2 Chronicles 4:11

    And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

  • 1 Kings 7:45

    And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brass.

  • Exodus 27:3

    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.

  • Zechariah 14:20-21

    In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.

  • Exodus 38:3

    And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

  • 1 Samuel 2:13-14

    And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
pots also.
11; Ex 27:3; 38:3; Zec 14:20,21
flesh-hooks.
1Sa 2:13,14; 1Ch 28:17
Huram.
1Ki 7:13,14,45
Hiram. his father.
2:13
bright. Heb. made bright, or scoured.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 4:15

    One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:16

    The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:17

    In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

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2 Chronicles 4:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y calderos, y palas, y garfios; y todos sus enseres hizo Hiram su padre al rey Salomón para la casa de Jehová, de metal purísimo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les vases à cendre, et les pelles, et les fourchettes, et tous leurs ustensiles, Huram-Abiv les fit d’airain poli, pour le roi Salomon, pour la maison de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und die Töpfe und die Schaufeln und die Gabeln. Und alle ihre Geräte machte Huram-Abiw dem König Salomo für das Haus Jehovas von geglättetem Erz.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et lebetes, et creagras, et phialas. Omnia vasa fecit Salomoni Hiram pater ejus in domo Domini ex ære mundissimo.