2 Chronicles 4:10
8 Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
11 Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
12 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars; the two sets of network covering both bowls of the capitals atop the pillars;
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
- KJV
- And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
- WEB
- He set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south.
- ASV
- And he set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
- DARBY
- And he set the sea on the right side eastward, over against the south.
- BLB
- And the Sea he set on the right side eastward, over against the south.
- ÅB
- Havet satte han på høyre side av huset, mot sydøst.
- OTB
- Han plasserte Havet på høyre side av huset, mot sørøst.
- B1930
- Havet satte han på høire side av huset, mot sydøst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 7:39
He set five stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north, and he put the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple.
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