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2 Chronicles 4:16
and the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other articles. All these objects that Huram-abi made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler concludes the temple inventory by listing the bronze utensils crafted by Huram-abi for Solomon’s house, immediately after describing the Sea and its twelve oxen base.
The words — כָּל (kol) translates literally as “all,” and הַסִּירוֹת (ha.siroth) means “the pots,” anchoring the record in specific, countable items rather than vague categories.
The thread — The artisan Huram-abi appears in 2 Chronicles 2:13 and 1 Kings 7:13 as the Tyrian craftsman commissioned for these works, while parallel utensil inventories appear in 1 Chronicles 28:17.
Why it lands — It records the exact materials and skilled labor dedicated to the house of the LORD, demanding recognition of the tangible preparation required for sacred space.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 2:13 So now I am sending you Huram-abi, a skillful man endowed with creativity.
- 1 Kings 7:13 Now King Solomon sent to bring Huram from Tyre.
- 1 Chronicles 28:17 the weight of the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling bowls, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl;
- 2 Chronicles 4:11 Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
- Exodus 27:3 Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- Exodus 38:3 He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
- 1 Samuel 2:13 or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
- 1 Kings 7:45 and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.
- Zechariah 14:20 On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.