Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 4:17
The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zeredah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records King Solomon’s logistical orders during the temple construction phase, identifying the monarch as the director and the Jordan valley site as the manufacturing ground. The text places this activity immediately after listing the bronze furnishings and before noting their overwhelming quantity.
The words — The verb יְצָקָ֣ם (ye.tza.Ka/m) means “he cast them,” denoting the pouring of molten metal into molds. The noun בְּ/כִכַּ֤ר (be./khi.Kar) translates literally to “in the valley,” specifying the topographical location of the operation.
The thread — This geographic and industrial detail runs parallel in 1 Kings 7:46, which records the identical casting site between Succoth and Zarethan. Both passages anchor the bronze production to a specific, non-urban location outside Jerusalem.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note the precise administrative and geographic coordinates of the temple’s material production. It establishes that the king directed large-scale metallurgy in a controlled, named region rather than within the city itself.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 7:46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.