Huram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon, for Yahweh’s house, of bright bronze.
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Huram his father also made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all its vessels for king Solomon, for Yahweh’s house, of bright bronze.
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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.
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The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his master craftsman make for king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 4:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 Now I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
- 1 Kings 7:13-14 King Solomon sent and brought Hiram out of Tyre. He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in bronze. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.
- 1 Chronicles 28:17 and the forks, the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;
- 2 Chronicles 4:11 Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for king Solomon in God’s house:
- Exodus 27:3 You shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels of bronze.
- Exodus 38:3 He made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of bronze.
- 1 Samuel 2:13-14 The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand; and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.
- 1 Kings 7:45 the pots; the shovels; and the basins: even all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in Yahweh’s house, were of burnished bronze.
- Zechariah 14:20-21 In that day there will be on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO YAHWEH”; and the pots in Yahweh’s house will be like the bowls before the altar. Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and cook in them. In that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of Armies.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Whom Solomon reverenced for the gifts that God had…
Whom Solomon reverenced for the gifts that God had given him, as a father: he had the same name also that Huram the king of Tyre had, his mother was a Jewess, and his father a Tyrian. Some read for his father, the author of this work.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 4:16 The pots also, and the shovels, and…
2Ch 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.
Ver. 16. Did Huram his father,] i.e., Whom Solomon called father for his age and great worth.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain His father, i.e. Solomon’s father; the relative being put…
His father, i.e. Solomon’s father; the relative being put before the antecedent, which is not unusual in the Hebrew tongue. And he is so called here, because Solomon usually called him by that name, out of that great respect which he bore to him for his excellent art and service which he did for him; it being usual to call great artists and inventors of things by this name; of which see Gen 4:20,21. Or, Huram Abiu, or Abif, a man so called, or Huram Abi, as 2Ch 2:18.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain His father - He is so called because Solomon…
His father - He is so called because Solomon usually called him by that name out of that great respect which he bare to him for his excellent art and service which he did for him: it being usual to call great artists and inventors of things by this name.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. Huram his father] אב ab, father, is…
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.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Huram his father - Or, “Huram his master-workman” (2Ch…
Huram his father - Or, “Huram his master-workman” (2Ch 2:13 note).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain His father. Hebrew Abib, which is considered by some…
His father. Hebrew Abib, which is considered by some as a surname, (Menochius) or the title may be given to Hiram, on account of his skill. (Calmet) --- He is so called by the king of Tyre, (chap. ii. 13.) for having instructed him in the true faith. (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. the fleshhooks] Heb. mizlagoth. In 2Ch_4:11 and 1Ki_7:45…
16. the fleshhooks] Heb. mizlagoth. In 2Ch_4:11 and 1Ki_7:45 (the parallel passages) the basons (Heb. mizraḳoth).
Huram his father] See note on 2Ch_2:13.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) The pots also, and the shovels, and the…
(16) The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks.—“Fleshhooks” (mizlâgôth) should apparently be “bowls” (mizrâqôth). (Comp. 2Ch_4:1, and 1Ki_7:45.) But in Exo_27:3, pots and shovels and bowls and fleshhooks are mentioned in succession as utensils of the altar. Perhaps, therefore, both words should be read here and in Kings. LXX., καὶ τοὺς ποδιστήρας καὶ τοὺς ἀναλημπτῆρας καὶ τοὺς λέβητας καὶ τὰς κρεάγρας . The Vulg. merely repeats 2Ch_4:11 (et lebetes et creagras et phialas). A stop should follow the last; “And all their instruments,” &c., being a new sentence.
And all their instruments.—1Ki_7:45, and all these instruments, which appears correct, though the LXX. supports our present reading (πάντα τὰ σκέυη αὐτῶν). “Their instruments” could hardly mean the moulds in which they were cast, as Zöckler suggests. The moulds would not be made in “polished brass.”
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Huram his father.—See Note on 2Ch_2:13.
Bright.—Polished. Jer_46:4 (mârûq). Kings has the synonym mĕmôrât. (Comp. Isa_18:2.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Flesh-hooks. Hebrew, jwOglzmi, occurring twice in Exodus, (Exo_27:3 Exo_38:3)…
Flesh-hooks. Hebrew, jwOglzmi, occurring twice in Exodus, (Exo_27:3 Exo_38:3) once in Numbers, and twice in Chronicles. Another form of the same root, glezm occurs twice in Samuel, in the same sense of "flesh-hook", (1Sa_2:13, 1Sa_2:14) where also its use is made dramatically plain. Huram his father; i.e. his chief artist.
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