2 Chronicles 4:1
Solomon’s workers made a square bronze altar that was 10 yards wide on each side, and it was 5 yards high.
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1 Kings 8:22Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was facing the Israeli people who had gathered there. He spread out his arms toward heaven,
1 Kings 9:25Three times each year Solomon brought to the temple offerings that were completely burned on the altar and offerings to restore fellowship with Yahweh. He also brought incense to be burned in the presence of Yahweh. And so his men finished building the temple.
2 Chronicles 8:12On the altar that Solomon’s workers had built in front of the entrance to the temple, Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned.
2 Chronicles 29:18Then they went to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have purified all parts of the temple, and the altar where sacrifices are completely burned, and all the items used at the altar, the table on which the priests place the sacred bread, and the things used at that table.
Ezekiel 43:16That place at the top of the altar is square, ◄21 feet/6.4 meters► on each side.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 4:1
We have here a further account of the furniture of God's house. I. Those things that were of brass. The altar for burnt-offerings ( ver. 1 ), the sea and lavers to hold water ( ver. 2-6 ), the plates with which the doors of the court were overlaid ( ver. 9 ), the vessels of the altar, and other things, ver. 10-18 . II. Those that were of gold. The candlesticks and tables ( ver. 7, 8 ), the altar of incense ( ver. 19 ), and the appurtenances of each of these, ver. 20-22 . All these, except the brazen altar ( ver. 1… Read the whole commentary →