the brasen altar] Which Solomon made, 2 Chron. 4. 1.
before the Lord] At the entrance into the house of the LORD, Exodus 40:29. 1 Kings 8:64.
from between the altar] That the LORDS altar might not stand betwixt his altar and the temple.
on the north-fide] Not in the midst directly, before the temple. There he placed his own altar, and set the LORDS altar at the north-side of his.