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  1. Roll the credits.<\/em> As in the construction of the Tabernacle, the artisans are not anonymous – they are listed by name. The difference is, though, that with the Tabernacle, Bezalel and Oholiav were realizing divine plans and instructions, whereas here – there is freedom of expression.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Behind the scenes of the project<\/em>. Verses 45-46 gives us a peek into the production process: \u201cAll those vessels in the House of the LORD that Hiram made for King Solomon were of burnished bronze. The king had them cast in earthen molds, in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. They stopped counting\u2026<\/em> \u201cSolomon left all the vessels [unweighed] because of their very great quantity; the weight of the bronze was not reckoned\u201d (verse 47).<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Nice to meet you, Yakhin and Boaz<\/em>. Not every pillar gets a name. The two giant pillars of bronze at the opening of the portico – did. \u201cHe set up the columns at the portico of the Great Hall; he set up one column on the right and named it Jachin, and he set up the other column on the left and named it Boaz\u201d (verse 21). Why these elements? And why those names? Commentators have many theories… (see Marc Bregman’s post on this page).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Caution: spoiler alert!<\/em> In another 200 years and 31 chapters (2Kings 16), during the reign of King Ahaz, the lavers and the 12 giant oxen upon which the tank stood will be destroyed. The bronze tank itself will survive another 9 chapters, until the end of Kings and the destruction of the Temple. 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