He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
2 Chronicles 4:14 belongs to the account of Solomon's building and furnishing of the temple and its sacred vessels. That building took place during the undivided kingdom. The magnificence of the temple is associated with the great wealth prepared for its construction. The verse shows that the furnishings included bases with lavers set upon them. It belongs to the work on the temple furnishings done for Solomon by Hiram Abiff, showing that he completed the work he was employed to do and, as far as the biblical account indicates, lived until after the temple was finished.
The temple was built on the same general plan as the Mosaic tabernacle, but on a larger and grander scale. The sanctuary's vessels were increased in size and number as the temple enlarged the tabernacle's plan and replaced its temporary structure with a permanent building. The temple had the same kinds of sacred vessels and the same two-part plan with two holy places and ministry as the tabernacle, and its vessels served the same ministry. By that correspondence of plan, vessels, and ministry, the temple served as a pattern of the heavenly temple.
2 Chronicles 4:14 belongs to the account of Solomon's building and furnishing of the temple and its sacred vessels. That building took place during the undivided kingdom. The magnificence of the temple is associated with the great wealth prepared for its construction. The verse shows that the furnishings included bases with lavers set upon them. It belongs to the work on the temple furnishings done for Solomon by Hiram Abiff, showing that he completed the work he was employed to do and, as far as the biblical account indicates, lived until after the temple was finished.
The temple was built on the same general plan as the Mosaic tabernacle, but on a larger and grander scale. The sanctuary's vessels were increased in size and number as the temple enlarged the tabernacle's plan and replaced its temporary structure with a permanent building. The temple had the same kinds of sacred vessels and the same two-part plan with two holy places and ministry as the tabernacle, and its vessels served the same ministry. By that correspondence of plan, vessels, and ministry, the temple served as a pattern of the heavenly temple.