2 Chronicles 4 · Verse 6

2 Chronicles 4:6

He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
2 Chronicles 4:6, King James Version

2 Chronicles 4:6 in other translations

BSBHe also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.
WEBHe also made ten basins, and put five on the right hand and five on the left, to wash in them. The things that belonged to the burnt offering were washed in them, but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
ASVHe made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
YLTAnd he maketh ten lavers, and putteth five on the right, and five on the left, to wash with them; the work of the burnt-offering they purge with them; and the sea is for priests to wash with.
DARBYAnd he made ten lavers, and put five on the right and five on the left, to wash in them: they rinsed in them what they prepared for the burnt-offering; and the sea was for the priests to wash in.
BBEAnd he made ten washing-vessels, putting five on the right side and five on the left; such things as were used in making the burned offering were washed in them; but the great water-vessel was to be used by the priests for washing themselves.
WebsterHe made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

What does 2 Chronicles 4:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. ten lavers--(See on 1Ki 7:27). The laver of the tabernacle had probably been destroyed. The ten new ones were placed between the porch and the altar, and while the molten sea was for the priests to cleanse their hands and feet, these were intended for washing the sacrifices.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 He made also ten lavers - The lavers served to wash the different parts of the victims in; and the molten sea was for the use of the priests. In this they bathed, or drew water from it for their personal purification.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 4:6 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.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213
כִּיּוֹרִים֮ki.yo.RimlaversH3595
עֲשָׂרָה֒'a.sa.RahtenH6235
וַ֠יִּתֵּןVai.yi.tenand he putH5414
חֲמִשָּׁ֨הcha.mi.ShahfiveH2568
מִיָּמִ֜יןmi.ya.Minfrom [the] southH3225
וַחֲמִשָּׁ֤הva.cha.mi.Shahand fiveH2568
מִשְּׂמֹאול֙mi.se.mOlfrom [the] leftH8040
לְרָחְצָ֣הle.ra.che.Tzahto washH7364
בָהֶ֔םva.Hemin them
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.Seh[the] work ofH4639
הָעוֹלָ֖הha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930
יָדִ֣יחוּya.Di.chupeople rinsedH1740
בָ֑םVamin them
וְהַיָּ֕םve.hai.Yamand the seaH3220
לְרָחְצָ֥הle.ra.che.Tzahto washH7364
לַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםla.ko.ha.Nim[was] for the priestsH3548
בּֽוֹ\׃\ \סboin it

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 4:6

  • 1 Kings 7:38

    Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

  • Exodus 30:18-21

    Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord: So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

  • Ezekiel 40:38

    And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering.

  • 1 Kings 7:40

    And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the Lord:

  • Psalms 51:2

    Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

  • Hebrews 9:14

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Revelation 7:14

    And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

  • Revelation 1:5-6

    And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Hebrews 9:23

    It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

  • Leviticus 1:9

    But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

  • 1 John 1:7

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ten lavers.
Ex 30:18-21; 1Ki 7:38,40; Ps 51:2; 1Co 6:11; 1Jo 1:7
such things as they offered for the burnt offering. Heb. thework of burnt offering.
Le 1:9,13; Eze 40:38
but the sea.
2; Ex 29:4; Heb 9:14,23; Re 1:5,6; 7:14

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 4:5

    And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:6

    He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

  • 2 Chronicles 4:7

    And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

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2 Chronicles 4:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hizo también diez fuentes, y puso cinco á la derecha y cinco á la izquierda, para lavar y limpiar en ellas la obra del holocausto; mas el mar era para lavarse los sacerdotes en él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il fit dix cuves, et en plaça cinq à droite, et cinq à gauche, pour y laver: on y lavait ce qu’on préparait pour l’holocauste; et la mer était pour les sacrificateurs, pour s’y laver.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er machte zehn Becken, und er setzte fünf zur Rechten und fünf zur Linken, um darin zu waschen; was zum Brandopfer gehört, spülte man darin ab. Und das Meer war für die Priester, um sich darin zu waschen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fecit quoque conchas decem: et posuit quinque a dextris, et quinque a sinistris, ut lavarent in eis omnia quæ in holocaustum oblaturi erant: porro in mari sacerdotes lavabantur.