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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Solomon also made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Moreover he made a bronze altar: twenty cubits was its length, twenty cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and ten cubits in height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and ten cubits in height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Solomon had a bronze altar made that was nine meters square and four and a half meters high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />King Solomon had a bronze altar made, which was 30 feet square and 15 feet high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Solomon also constructed a bronze altar 20 cubits long, 20 cubits wide, and ten cubits high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He made a bronze altar, 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then he made an altar of bronze, thirty-four feet and five inches, its length, and thirty-four feet and five inches, its breadth, and seventeen feet and three inches its height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the hight of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then he made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he makes an altar of bronze: twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he maketh an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will make an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Also, he made a brass altar of twenty cubits in length, and of twenty cubits in width, and of ten cubits in height,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then he made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He made an altar of bronze, twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />MOREOVER he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length and twenty cubits its breadth and ten cubits its height.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he made an altar of brass, ten cubits its length, and ten cubits its width, and ten cubits its height.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=612" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/4.htm">The Bronze Altar and Molten Sea</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">He made</a> <a href="/hebrew/5178.htm" title="5178: nə·ḥō·šeṯ (N-fs) -- Copper, bronze. For nchuwshah; copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. Coin, a fetter; figuratively, base.">a bronze</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·baḥ (N-msc) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·māh (N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/753.htm" title="753: ’ā·rə·kōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Length. From 'arak; length.">long,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: wə·‘eś·rîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·māh (N-fs) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/7341.htm" title="7341: rā·ḥə·bōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Breadth, width. From rachab; width.">wide,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6235.htm" title="6235: wə·‘e·śer (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- Ten. Masculine of term aasarah; from asar; ten.">and ten</a> <a href="/hebrew/520.htm" title="520: ’am·mō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Prolonged from 'em; properly, a mother (below the elbow), i.e. A cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance).">cubits</a> <a href="/hebrew/6967.htm" title="6967: qō·w·mā·ṯōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Height. From quwm; height.">high.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-23.htm">1 Kings 7:23-26</a></span><br />He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference. / Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea. / The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/27-1.htm">Exodus 27:1-8</a></span><br />“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. / Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze. / Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-64.htm">1 Kings 8:64</a></span><br />On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/38-1.htm">Exodus 38:1-7</a></span><br />Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. / He made a horn at each of its four corners, so that the horns and altar were of one piece, and he overlaid the altar with bronze. / He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-38.htm">1 Kings 7:38-39</a></span><br />He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22</a></span><br />Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-27.htm">1 Kings 7:27-37</a></span><br />In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. / This was the design of the stands: They had side panels attached to uprights, / and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a></span><br />According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/7-40.htm">1 Kings 7:40-45</a></span><br />Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: / 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; / the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network covering both the bowl-shaped capitals atop the pillars); ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Exodus 30:18-21</a></span><br />“You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it, / with which Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet. / Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-7.htm">2 Chronicles 7:7</a></span><br />Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-14</a></span><br />And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. / Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. / But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-20.htm">1 Kings 6:20-22</a></span><br />The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar. / So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold. / So he overlaid with gold the whole interior of the temple, until everything was completely finished. He also overlaid with gold the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/40-29.htm">Exodus 40:29</a></span><br />He placed the altar of burnt offering near the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the grain offering, just as the LORD had commanded him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.</p><p class="hdg">an altar</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/1-5.htm">2 Chronicles 1:5</a></b></br> Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/27-1.htm">Exodus 27:1-8</a></b></br> And thou shalt make an altar <i>of</i> shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof <i>shall be</i> three cubits… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22,64</a></b></br> And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-14.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-8.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/1-6.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">Height</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-4.htm">Hight</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">Length</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-16.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-12.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-18.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-8.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-13.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-8.htm">Wide</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-8.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/4-19.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-13.htm">Brazen</a> <a href="/ezra/6-3.htm">Breadth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Cubits</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Height</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Hight</a> <a href="/job/12-12.htm">Length</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Maketh</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-20.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Ten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-12.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-18.htm">Wide</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">Width</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">The altar of brass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm">The molten sea upon twelve oxen</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm">The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-9.htm">The courts, and the instruments of brass</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-19.htm">The instruments of gold</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This altar was used for burnt offerings, a central aspect of Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God. The use of bronze, a durable and valuable metal, signifies strength and endurance. The altar's construction reflects the detailed instructions given to Moses for the tabernacle's altar in <a href="/exodus/27.htm">Exodus 27:1-8</a>, emphasizing continuity in worship practices from the tabernacle to the temple.<p><b>twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide</b><br>The dimensions of the altar, being twenty cubits square, indicate its large size, suitable for the increased number of sacrifices that would be offered at the temple compared to the tabernacle. A cubit is generally considered to be about 18 inches, making the altar approximately 30 feet long and wide. This size reflects the grandeur and significance of the temple as a central place of worship for the nation of Israel. The square shape may symbolize completeness and stability, aligning with the biblical theme of God's perfect order.<p><b>and ten cubits high</b><br>The height of the altar, ten cubits or about 15 feet, suggests its prominence and the need for steps or a ramp for the priests to access it, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/43-17.htm">Ezekiel 43:17</a>. This elevation signifies the altar's importance and the elevated nature of the sacrifices offered to God. The height also serves a practical purpose, allowing the smoke from the offerings to rise visibly, symbolizing the prayers and devotion of the people ascending to heaven. The altar's dimensions and construction are a type of Christ, who is the ultimate sacrifice and mediator between God and humanity, as described in <a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-12</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who was responsible for building the temple in Jerusalem. He was known for his wisdom and wealth, and he undertook the task of constructing the temple as a place for worship and sacrifice to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, where sacrifices were made, and God's presence dwelt. The construction of the temple was a significant event in Israel's history, symbolizing God's covenant with His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_bronze_altar.htm">The Bronze Altar</a></b><br>A large altar made of bronze, used for burnt offerings and sacrifices. Its dimensions were significant, indicating its importance in the temple's sacrificial system.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/hiram_of_tyre.htm">Hiram of Tyre</a></b><br>Although not mentioned directly in this verse, Hiram was the craftsman who helped Solomon by providing materials and skilled labor for the temple's construction, including the bronze work.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sacrificial_system.htm">The Sacrificial System</a></b><br>The system of offerings and sacrifices that were central to Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_sacrifice.htm">The Significance of Sacrifice</a></b><br>The bronze altar was central to the sacrificial system, symbolizing the need for atonement and reconciliation with God. In our lives, we must recognize the importance of sacrifice, both in terms of Christ's ultimate sacrifice and our daily sacrifices of praise and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_worship_in_community.htm">The Role of Worship in Community</a></b><br>The temple and its altar were focal points for communal worship. Today, the church serves as a place for believers to gather, worship, and encourage one another in faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_design.htm">God's Provision and Design</a></b><br>The detailed construction of the altar and temple reflects God's provision and design for worship. We are reminded that God cares about the details of our lives and has a specific plan for each of us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_and_fulfillment.htm">Continuity and Fulfillment</a></b><br>The altar's role in the temple connects the Old Testament sacrificial system to the New Testament fulfillment in Christ. Understanding this continuity helps us appreciate the depth of God's redemptive plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_records_of_2_chronicles_4_1-6.htm">Why is there no extra-biblical record of such an elaborate and costly construction project mentioned in 2 Chronicles 4:1–6? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_exodus_27_1-8's_altar_fit_other_texts.htm">Exodus 27:1–8: Does the prescribed size and design of the altar align with the volume and frequency of sacrifices mentioned in other biblical texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_the_burnt_altar_important.htm">Why is the altar of burnt offering significant?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/1_chron_18_4_vs_2_sam_8_4__7,000_or_1,700.htm">In 1 Chronicles 18:4, how do we reconcile the figure of 7,000 horsemen with 2 Samuel 8:4, which mentions 1,700 instead?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "ital">(a)</span> <span class= "bld">THE PRINCIPAL VESSELS OF THE TEMPLE</span> (<a href="/context/2_chronicles/4-1.htm" title="Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.">2Chronicles 4:1-10</a>).<p><span class= "bld">THE BRAZEN ALTAR</span> (<a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm" title="Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.">2Chronicles 4:1</a>).<p>(l) <span class= "bld">An altar of brass.</span>--The brazen altar, or altar of burnt offering, made by Solomon, is not noticed in the parallel chapters of Kings (1 Kings 6, 7) which describe the construction of the temple and its vessels of service, but it is incidentally mentioned in another passage of the older work (<a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm" title="And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.">1Kings 9:25</a>), and its existence seems to be implied in <a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm" title="And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:">1Kings 8:22</a>; <a href="/1_kings/8-64.htm" title="The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.">1Kings 8:64</a>. This altar stood in the inner court of the temple. It rose from a terraced platform. (Comp. <a href="/context/ezekiel/43-13.htm" title="And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.">Ezekiel 43:13-17</a>.) The Hebrew of this verse is such as to suggest that it must have existed in the original document. The style is the same. (Comp. the construction of the numerals with the noun, and note the word <span class= "ital">qom?h,</span> "height," now used for the first time by the chronicler.) It would appear, therefore, that the verse has been accidentally omitted from the text of Kings. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">An altar of brass</span>. This in worthier material superseded the temporary altar of the tabernacle (<a href="/exodus/27-1.htm">Exodus 27:1, 2</a>), made of shittim wood, and its dimensions five cubits long and broad and three cubits high. Large as was the present altar of brass as compared with the altar that preceded, it fell far short of the requirements of the grand day of dedication (<a href="/1_kings/8-64.htm">1 Kings 8:64</a>). No statement of the making of this altar occurs in the parallel. The place of it would be between vers. 22 and 23 of <a href="/1_kings/7.htm">1 Kings 7</a>. But that Solomon made it is stated in <a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">1 Kings 9:25</a>, and other references to its presence are found in <a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22, 54, 64</a>, etc. The position given to the altar is referred to alike in <a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22</a> and <a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">2 Chronicles 6:12, 13</a>, as in the court of the temple. It may be well to note that the altar, <span class="accented">sacrifice</span>, comes first, and is first spoken of. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He made</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘aś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a bronze</span><br /><span class="heb">נְחֹ֔שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḥō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5178.htm">Strong's 5178: </a> </span><span class="str2">Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">altar</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְבַּ֣ח</span> <span class="translit">(miz·baḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twenty</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶשְׂרִ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">long,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָרְכּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·rə·kōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_753.htm">Strong's 753: </a> </span><span class="str2">Length</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twenty</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘eś·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’am·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wide,</span><br /><span class="heb">רָחְבּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(rā·ḥə·bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7341.htm">Strong's 7341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Breadth, width</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and ten</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֶ֥שֶׂר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘e·śer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6235.htm">Strong's 6235: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cubits</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(’am·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_520.htm">Strong's 520: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mother, a cubit, a door-base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">high.</span><br /><span class="heb">קוֹמָתֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(qō·w·mā·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6967.htm">Strong's 6967: </a> </span><span class="str2">Height</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">2 Chronicles 4:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/4-1.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 4:1 Then he made an altar of brass (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/3-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 3:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 3:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/4-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 4:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 4:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>