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2 Chronicles 4:16

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The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 2:13Rank 1 from verse 16
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    13And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,

  2. 1 Chronicles 28:17Rank 2 from verse 16
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    17Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

  3. 1 Kings 7:13–14Rank 3 from verse 16
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    13¶ And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

    14He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

  4. 2 Chronicles 4:11Rank 4 from verse 16
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    11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

  5. 1 Kings 7:45Rank 5 from verse 16
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    45And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brass.

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2 Chronicles 4:16

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instruments

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Sense 1: Tools or implements by which work is done or effects are produced. Sense 2: Devices made to produce music.

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COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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16The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.

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17In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

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