Passage Research
2 Chronicles 4 — Sermon Preparation
The temple furnishings — the bronze altar, the great sea, ten basins, ten lampstands, tables, and various utensils — are made and catalogued. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 2
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁנַיִם | shᵉnayim | H8147 | 10 | two, twofold |
| זָהָב | zâhâb | H2091 | 8 | gold, something gold-colored |
| אַמָּה | ʼammâh | H520 | 7 | a mother, a cubit |
| חָמֵשׁ | châmêsh | H2568 | 7 | five |
| יָם | yâm | H3220 | 7 | sea, large body of water |
| עֶשֶׂר | ʻeser | H6235 | 6 | ten |
| סָבִיב | çâbîyb | H5439 | 5 | circle, neighbour |
How preachers through history handled this text
2 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“We have here a further account of the furniture of God's house. I. Those things that were of brass. The altar for burnt-offerings (ver. 1), the sea and lavers to hold water (ver. 2-6), the plates with which the doors of the court were overlaid (ver. 9), the vessels of the altar, and other things, ver. 10-18. II. Those that were of gold. The candlesticks and tables (ver. 7, 8), the altar of incense (ver. 19), and the appurtenances of each of these, ver. 20-22. All these, except the brazen altar (ver. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 4:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jordan— 2 Chr 4:17
- Succoth 1— 2 Chr 4:17
- Zeredah 2— 2 Chr 4:17
- Most Holy Place 2— 2 Chr 4:20
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