King James Version
2 Chronicles 4:15 in the King James Version says “One sea, and twelve oxen under it.” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“One sea, and twelve oxen under it.”
2 Chronicles 4:15 · KJV
And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. upon: Heb. upon the face of
He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; lavers: or, caldrons
One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
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. bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. clay: Heb. thicknesses of the ground
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“sea”
H3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“oxen”
H1241a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
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