In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
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Gill's Exposition
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many,.... The vessels of brass before mentioned, being so large, at least some of them, and so numerous; the Targum is, he laid…
Barnes' Notes
Succoth and Zarthan - See Jdg 7:22; Jdg 8:5, note.
Adam Clarke
Cast them, in the clay ground - In this place he found that particular kind of clay that was proper for his purpose. Some suppose that the place where Hiram had his foundry was on the other side, some…
We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, Ch1 29:2. What those things were…
Cambridge Bible
in the clay ground As the margin of A.V. explains, the literal rendering is -in the thickness of the ground." The Hebrews had a paucity of adjectives and were obliged to express in such wise what we…
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