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2 Chronicles 4:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Lampstands, tables, courts, and doors order the house.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 4:7–10
Read 2 Chronicles 4:9 with 4:7–10. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Ten gold lampstands and tables, one hundred basins, priestly and great courts, bronze doors, and the sea's location establish ordered worship space.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 4:9 depends on 4:7–10; isolating “Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Lampstands, tables, courts, and doors order the house.”
Read 2 Chronicles 4:7–10 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 4:7–10 forms the complete movement “Lampstands, tables, courts, and doors order the house”: Ten gold lampstands and tables, one hundred basins, priestly and great courts, bronze doors, and the sea's location establish ordered worship space.
Verse 7. 7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
Verse 8. 8 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
Verse 9. 9 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
Verse 10. 10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Chronicles 4:7–10 — Lampstands, tables, courts, and doors order the houseSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 4:7–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
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Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 4:7–10
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