Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 4:4
It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward.
4. three and three and three and three ] Thus the base stood “foursquare,” satisfying the Hebrew idea of completeness; cp. Rev 21:12-16.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 2Ch 3:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) It stood.The whole verse coincides verbally with 1Ki. 7:25, with one slight exception: the common form of the numeral twelve, shnm sr, is substituted for the rare shn sr.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 4:4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea [was set] above upon them, and all their hinder parts [were] inward.
Ver. 4. It stood upon twelve oxen. ] Prefiguring, say some, the twelve apostles, who carried the water of life all the world over. See 1Ki 7:25 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
It stood: Mat 16:18, Eph 2:20, Rev 21:14
three: Mat 28:19, Mat 28:20, Mar 16:15, Luk 24:46, Luk 24:47, Act 9:15
Reciprocal: 1Ki 7:25 – General