2 Chronicles 4:17
15 the Sea; the twelve oxen underneath the Sea;
16 and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
18 Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
19 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
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
- The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
- KJV
- In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
- WEB
- The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
- ASV
- In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
- DARBY
- In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
- BLB
- In the plain of the Jordan the king had cast them in the thick soil of the ground between Succoth and between Zeredah.
- ÅB
- Det var på Jordan-sletten kongen lot dem støpe, i lerjorden mellom Sukkot og Seredata.
- OTB
- Kongen støpte dem i leirjorden på sletten ved Jordan,
mellom Sukkot og Sereda. - B1930
- Det var på Jordan-sletten kongen lot dem støpe, i lerjorden mellem Sukkot og Seredata.
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Cross references
1 Kings 7:46
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.
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