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1 Kings 7

1 Kings 7:46 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In the plain
kikkar (Hebrew #3603)
a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, expec. the Ghor or valley of the Jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or large (round) coin)
KJV usage: loaf, morsel, piece, plain, talent.
Pronounce: kik-kawr'
Origin: from 3769
of Jordan
Yarden (Hebrew #3383)
a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
KJV usage: Jordan.
Pronounce: yar-dane'
Origin: from 3381
did the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
cast
yatsaq (Hebrew #3332)
properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
KJV usage: cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
Pronounce: yaw-tsak'
Origin: a primitive root
them, γin the clay
ma`abeh (Hebrew #4568)
properly, compact (part of soil), i.e. loam
KJV usage: clay.
Pronounce: mah-ab-eh'
Origin: from 5666
ground
'adamah (Hebrew #127)
soil (from its general redness)
KJV usage: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
Pronounce: ad-aw-maw'
Origin: from 119
between Succoth
Cukkowth (Hebrew #5523)
plural of 5521; booths; Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine
KJV usage: Succoth.
Pronounce: sook-kohth'
Origin: or Cukkoth {sook-kohth'}
e and Zarthan
Tsarthan (Hebrew #6891)
Tsarethan, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Zarthan.
Pronounce: tsaw-reth-awn'
Origin: perhaps for 6868
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in the thickness of the ground.
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Gen. 33:17• 17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. (Gen. 33:17)
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Josh. 3:16• 16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. (Josh. 3:16)

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CIay,
Jordan,
King,
Plain,
River,
Succoth,
Zaretan; Zarthan,
Zarthan, Zartanah

Cross References

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the clay ground.
Heb. the thickness of the ground.
Succoth.
Gen. 33:17• 17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. (Gen. 33:17)
Zarthan.Zarthan is supposed to have been situated in the tribe of Manasseh, west of Jordan, near Jezreel and Bethshan or Scythopolis, and not far from the Jordan.
Succoth we know was situated east of Jordan, in the tribe of Gad, and according to Jerome, in the district of Scythopolis:
hence the "plain of Jordan," where Hiram cast the brazen vessels, must be the plain in which that river runs, Zarthan and Succoth being probably nearly opposite each other; but whether the precise spot of his operations was on this side or the other side, is uncertain.
In this place he found that particular clay that was proper for his purpose; and it being a considerable distance from Jerusalem, that city would not be annoyed by the smoke and noxious vapours necessarily occasioned by the process.
1 Kings 4:12• 12Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: (1 Kings 4:12)
Zartanah.
Josh. 3:16• 16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. (Josh. 3:16)
Zaretan.
2 Chron. 4:17• 17In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. (2 Chron. 4:17)
Zeredathah.

J. N. Darby Translation

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In the plainf of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zaretan.

JND Translation Notes

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See Gen. 13.10.