2 Chronicles 4 · Verse 17

2 Chronicles 4:17

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
2 Chronicles 4:17, King James Version

2 Chronicles 4:17 in other translations

BSBThe king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
WEBThe king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
ASVIn the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
YLTIn the circuit of the Jordan hath the king cast them, in the thick soil of the ground, between Succoth and Zeredathah.
DARBYIn the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
BBEThe king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.
WebsterIn the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

What does 2 Chronicles 4:17 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 In the clay ground - See on 1Kgs 7:46 (note). Some suppose that he did not actually cast those instruments at those places, but that he brought the clay from that quarter, as being the most proper for making moulds to cast in.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 4:17 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.

בְּכִכַּ֤רbe.khi.Karin [the] valley ofH3603
הַיַּרְדֵּן֙hai.yar.Denthe JordanH3383
יְצָקָ֣םye.tza.Kamhe cast themH3332
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
בַּעֲבִ֖יba.'a.Viin [the] thickness ofH5672
הָאֲדָמָ֑הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH996
סֻכּ֖וֹתsu.KotSuccothH5523
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996
צְרֵדָֽתָה\׃tze.re.Da.tahZeredahH6868

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 4:17

  • 1 Kings 7:46

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
clay ground. Heb. thicknesses of the ground. Zeredathah.
1Ki 7:46
Zarthan.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:18

    Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

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2 Chronicles 4:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fundiólos el rey en los llanos del Jordán, en tierra arcillosa, entre Suchôt y Seredat.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le roi les fit fondre dans la plaine du Jourdain, dans l’épaisseur du sol, entre Succoth et Tserédatha.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Im Jordankreise ließ der König sie gießen in dichter Erde, zwischen Sukkoth und Zeredatha.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In regione Jordanis, fudit ea rex in argillosa terra inter Sochot et Saredatha.