5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
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And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)David often speaks with much affection both of the house of the Lord and of the courts of our God . Both without doors and within there was that which typified the grace of the gospel and shadowed out good things to come , of which the substance is Christ. I. There were those things in the open court, in the view of all the people, which were very significant. 1. There was the brazen altar , 2 Chr…
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