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2 Chronicles 4:3

King James Version (KJV)

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And under it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was cast.

2 Chronicles 4:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 4:3

Theological / Devotional

Similitude of oxen. Verses 2–5 agree almost verbatim with 1 Kings 7:23–26; however, where the former mentions two rows of “oxen” the latter reads “knops,” probably meaning gourds. The Hebrew word for “oxen,” beqarim, and “gourds,” peqa‘im, are somewhat similar and may have been confused. Many commentators believe that the text of Chronicles should read as it does in Kings.

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