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1–8. Arrangement of the liturgical equipment of the Temple of Solomon: a copper altar, a copper sea, 10 lavers, 10 lamps, 10 tables, 100 bowls. 9–22. The priestly and great courtyards of the church; notes on various church utensils. 2 Chronicles 4:1. And he made an altar of brass: the length thereof was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof ten cubits. While 1 Kings does not mention the altar of burnt offering between the vessels made by the artist Hiram, 2 Chronicles not only mentions it, but also places it at the head of the external appurtenances of the church. Its dimensions are 20 cubits in length and width and 10 liters. heights - the altar of Solomon was almost four times larger than that of Moses (5x5x3 l., (Ex.27:1)). Explanatory Bible I, 446), and if the latter was made of wood, then Solomon’s altar is expressively called copper, i.e. had, at least, copper walls, but its interior, as required by the Law of Moses, was filled with wild stones, and the upper platform for lighting the fire was covered with earth (Prof. A.A. Olesnitsky, Old Testament Church, pp. 321–322; Compare Explanatory Bible, vol. I, p. 435). 2 Chronicles 4:2. And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from one end to the other, all round, five cubits high; and a string of thirty cubits hugged him all around; 2 Chronicles 4:3. and cast likenesses of oxen stood around him on all sides; The sea was surrounded by ten cubits in a circle by two rows of oxen, cast in the same mold as it. 2 Chronicles 4:4. It stood on twelve oxen: three looked to the north, and three looked to the west, and three looked to the south, and three looked to the east, and the sea was on top of them; their butts were turned inward under him. 2 Chronicles 4:5. It was palm thick; and its edges, made like the edges of a bowl, looked like a blossoming lily. It could hold up to three thousand baht. The description of the copper or molten sea in 2 Chronicles is almost entirely similar, even verbatim, to the parallel description of this pool in (1 Kings 7:23–26) (see Expository Bible II, pp. 459–460). There are two differences: 1) according to 3 Kings, the capacity of the copper sea is 2000 baht, according to 2 Chronicles - 3000 baht; 2) in 1 Kings, under the edges of the copper sea, there were balls in two rows like coloquintes (wild cucumbers), according to 2 Chronicles, these bas-reliefs looked like oxen. See now the named place of the Explanatory Bible, vol. II; see prof. Olesnitsky, Old Testament Church, p. 329. 2 Chronicles 4:6. And he made ten lavers, and placed five on the right hand and five on the left, that they might wash in them; the things prepared for the burnt offering were washed in them; the sea is for the priests, so that they can wash themselves in it. The “Copper Sea” served for the ablutions of priests before sacred rites; for washing the sacrificial parts before burning them, 10 vessels were used - lavers, Hebrew: kiyorot, LXX λουτῆρες, Vulgata: conchae. The design of these vessels and especially their supports is described in greater detail in (1 Kings 7:27–39). (Expository Bible II, 458–460). 2 Chronicles 4:7. And he made ten golden lampstands, as they should be, and placed them in the church, five on the right side and five on the left. 2 Chronicles 4:8. And he made ten tables and placed them in the church, five on the right side and five on the left, and made a hundred golden bowls. Instead of one lamp in the holy tabernacle of Moses (Exodus 25:31–37) (Explanatory Bible I, 358), in Solomon’s temple, due to its large size and the need for great illumination, the number of lamps was increased to ten, and all of them were cast by Hiram of gold - “as they should have been” (Heb.: kemishpatim - according to the law, i.e. according to what is now mentioned ( Ex.25:31–37); LXX: κατὰ τὸ κρίμα αὐτῶν, glav.: “according to them”; Vulgata: secundum speciem, qua jussa erant fieri), therefore, for example, each lamp had 7 lamps, so the total number of lamps was 70 (cf. prof. A.A. Olesnitsky, Old Testament Church, pp. 317–318). And the number of tables in the holy church was 10 (v. 8), although only one of them, named in (1 Kings 7:48), could actually serve as a table for showbread, and the others could serve for non-liturgical utensils and secondary vessels of the church, for example, the 100 golden bowls mentioned here (Olesnitsky, Old Testament Church, p. 319). 2 Chronicles 4:9. And he made the priest's court and the great court, and the doors to the court, and overlaid them with brass. Unlike the Tabernacle of Moses, which had one courtyard, Solomon's temple had two courtyards: one was the place of worship or the courtyard of the priests, the other was designated for the people who gathered in the church (cf. Eze. 40:17). The assumption of some scholars that Solomon's temple also had a third courtyard of the pagans (like Herod's temple, which also had a courtyard of women) is unfounded. 2 Chronicles 4:11. And Hiram made basins, and spades, and bowls [and censers, and all the sacrificial vessels]. And Hiram finished the work that he had done for King Solomon in the house of God: 2 Chronicles 4:12. two pillars and two belts of crowns on the top of the pillars, and two nets to cover the two belts of crowns that are on the head of the pillars, 2 Chronicles 4:13. and four hundred pomegranates on two grids, two rows of pomegranates for each grid, to cover the two bands of the crowns that are on the pillars. Wed. ( 1 Kings 7:15 ; 2 Chronicles 3:16 ). 2 Chronicles 4:14. And he made stands, and made lavers on stands; 2 Chronicles 4:15. one sea, and twelve oxen under it, Wed. verses 4–5. In the Hebrew text of verse 14, the verb עשה, asa, “did”, is twice mistakenly used instead of the numeral עשד, asar (eser), “ten”, which is in a parallel place (1 Kings 7:43); this error is repeated in the Vulgate (fecit, superposuit) and the Russian synod.: ("made... made"), but rightly eliminated in the LXX (ἐποίησε δέκα) and in the Slavic text ("make ten"). 2 Chronicles 4:17. The king poured them out in the vicinity of Jordan, in clayey soil, between Succoth and Zereda. The place where Solomon cast the church decorations (baavigaadama, in argillosa terra, in clayey earth; LXX: ἐν τῶ πάκει τῆς γῆς, slav.: “in the thickness of the earth”) is indicated between Succoth and Tsareda. Succoth ((Ps.59:8); Onomasticon, 884) is a city in the tribe of Gad (Joshua 13:27), in Transjordan. Tsareda (in (1 Kings 7:46) "Tsartan" (cf. Judgment 7:22; 1 Kings 4:12), slav.: "Saridath" or in 1 Kings - Siram, LXX: Σαρηδαθά, Vulgata: Saredatha) - on the western side of the Jordan, not far from Jericho; identified with the current Karan-Sartabe (Onomasticon, 832). Tsareda, according to (1 Kings 11:26) (glory: “Sarira”) was the birthplace of Jeroboam I. 2 Chronicles 4:18. And Solomon made all these things in great abundance, so that they did not know the weight of the brass. 2 Chronicles 4:19. Также сделал Соломон все вещи для дома Божия и золотой жертвенник, и столы, на которых хлебы предложения, 2 Chronicles 4:20. и светильники и лампады их, чтобы возжигать их по уставу пред давиром, из чистого золота; 2 Chronicles 4:21. and flowers, and lamps, and tongs made of gold, of the purest gold, 2 Chronicles 4:22. и ножи, и кропильницы, и чаши, и лотки из золота самого чистого, и двери храма, – двери его внутренние во Святое Святых, и двери храма во святилище, – из золота. Wed. (1 Kings 7:46–50). The Interpretive Bible, Volume II, 398–399. You might be interested in: