This section outlines the summary of the brazen altar, where the foundry was located and the gold work of the temple.
Breaking down various points we see some aspects to help support this section.
1 Kings 7:45 of bright brass
bright (Heb) מורט mowrat pronounced mo-rawt meaning scoured, polished, smooth.
Can also mean peeled, furbished. Interesting these words of Aramaic origin אַבָּא Abba = “father” are connected to bright. Where have we read or heard of the word bright before?
and brass נחשׁת nᵉchosheth pronounced nekh-o’-sheth.
meaning brass, brasen, fetters, chain, copper, filthiness, steel. Where in scripture have we read those words?
1) copper, bronze
1a) copper (ore), bronze (as copper alloy)
1b) fetters (of copper or bronze)
1c) copper (as value)
2) lust, harlotry
1 Kings 7:46, 47 In the plain of Jordan where there was clay ground suitable for castings and cores used in making the various shapes from metal poured into forms. In Succoth and Zarthan they had clay and sand. It took a large foundry and many furnaces to make enough metal to pour so many bronze castings, and the large molten sea. Tons of metal had to be melted and poured at the same time to keep the great castings from being faulty and in pieces, so much brass was used that it was almost impossible to keep a record of the weight.
Succoth = “booths”, dwelling place, tent
Zarthan or Zaretan = “their distress”
A place in the Jordan valley where the river parted for Israel to pass over for the conquest of Canaan.
In our distress, the first stopping place; we can cross over and place all our transgressions through the brazen altar. Through Messiah we are made whole, restored. Gold signifies righteousness. If you see something unclean do something about it. If you don’t, you and others may be effected.