2 Chronicles 4:17
15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
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.
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
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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Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 7:46
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
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