2 Chronicles 4:15

Study note

Setting — The narrator continues the architectural inventory of Solomon’s temple, detailing the bronze furnishings prepared by Huram-abi for the House of the LORD.

The words — הַיָּם (ha-Yam) translates literally as “the Sea,” and תַחְתָּיו (tach-tav) means “under it,” both anchoring the description of the basin’s support structure.

The thread — The Sea and its twelve oxen support appear in the parallel temple inventory of 1 Kings 7:23-25 and are introduced in the preceding verses of 2 Chronicles 4:2-4.

Why it lands — The text records the physical placement of the basin on its oxen supports, requiring the reader to note the precise arrangement of the bronze furnishings before moving to the subsequent list of utensils.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.