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Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
2 Chronicles 4:9 — KJV
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2 Chronicles 4:9
King James Version (KJV)
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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 4:9
Theological / DevotionalCourt of the priests. Evidently the “inner court” (see 1 Kings 6:36 and 1 Kings 7:12) and probably the “higher court” of Jer. 36:10.
Great court. Compare 1 Kings 7:12. That the Temple had two courts is clear also from 2 Kings 21:5 and 23:12.
With brass. In the ancient Orient doors were at times covered with bronze. Shalmaneser’s palace at Balawat had great bronze-plated doors supposedly 22 ft. high, with each of the two leaves 6 ft. wide (6.7 m. by 1.8 m.; cf. 1 Kings 6:32).
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