John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 52:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls, etc.] The two pillars of Jachin and Boaz before mentioned, and the molten or brasen sea, with the twelve bulls or oxen the sea stood upon, (<110725>1 Kings 7:25); that [were] under the bases; or “by the bases”, as Jarchi; or rather, “that were instead of bases”f1109; for the twelve oxen were the bases on which the molten sea stood: which King Solomon had made in the house of the Lord; this is mentioned to show that these were the selfsame pillars, sea, and oxen, and other vessels, that Solomon made, that were now carried away; for though Ahaz took down the sea from off the brasen oxen, and put it on a pavement of stones, yet it seems not to have been destroyed; and might be restored to its proper place by Hezekiah, or some other prince; the brass of all these vessels was without weight; there was no weight sufficient to weigh them; the weight of them could not very well be told; they were so heavy, that in Solomon’s time the weight of them was not taken, when they were placed in the temple, so neither when they were taken away, (<110747>1 Kings 7:47).

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