David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and bronze in abundance without weight;
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David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and bronze in abundance without weight;
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And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 22:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.
- 1 Kings 7:47 Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 and they gave for the service of God’s house of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, of silver ten thousand talents, of bronze eighteen thousand talents, and of iron one hundred thousand talents.
- 2 Chronicles 4:18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- Jeremiah 52:20 They took the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for Yahweh’s house. The bronze of all these vessels was without weight.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain To wit, which weighed fifty shekels of gold, 2…
To wit, which weighed fifty shekels of gold, 2 Chron. 3:9.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for…
1Ch 22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
Ver. 3. And David prepared iron in abundance, &c.] Many parents prepare guilt in abundance, hoards and heaps of evil gotten goods - and there with God’s curse - to spend on their lusts, &c. As for pious and charitable uses, they cry out, with Judas, Whereto is this waste?
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For the joinings; to be used, together with melted…
For the joinings; to be used, together with melted lead, for the joining of those great and square stones together.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails…
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings,.... Great plenty of iron to make nails of for joining the boards together, of which the doors and gates were to be made, and for the fastening of the hinges of them:
and brass in abundance without weight; for making the altar of brass, and the laver of brass, and other vessels. Brass was much used by the Heathens in sacred things, as Macrobius (p) observes.
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(p) Saturnal. l. 5. c. 19.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Irons - for the nails, &c.] Iron…
Verse 3. Irons - for the nails, &c.] Iron for bolts, bars, hinges, &c., &c.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For the joinings - i. e., the girders, or…
For the joinings - i. e., the girders, or cramps - pieces of iron to be used in joining beams or stones together.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Prepared. Syriac and Arabic, "appointed blacksmiths from among the…
Prepared. Syriac and Arabic, "appointed blacksmiths from among the proselytes, to forge tools for cutting and dressing stone, &c." But most follow the Vulgate. (Calmet) --- Closures is explained by the following word, which alone occurs in Hebrew, &c. --- Immense. Hebrew and Septuagint, "abundance, it was not weighed." (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. Nails for the doors of the gates —…
3. Nails for the doors of the gates — “That is, for the folding doors of the gates; partly for the pivots on which the folding doors turned, partly to strengthen the boards of which the doors were made.” — Keil.
For the joinings — For cramps, or iron holders to fasten and hold beams and stones together.
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Without weight — The bulk and amount was so great as not to be easily weighed. As we sometimes familiarly say, “There was no weighing it.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. the joinings] R.V. the couplings.
3. the joinings] R.V. the couplings.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) For the nails.—Mismĕrîm happens to occur only in…
(3) For the nails.—Mismĕrîm happens to occur only in the later books of the Old Testament, but may well be an ancient word. (Comp. the Assyrian asmarê “spears,” which derives from the same root.)
For the doors of the gates.—he doors were to be what we call folding-doors (1Ki_6:34-35).
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For the joinings.—Literally, things that couple, or connect (feminine participle): i.e., iron clamps and hinges. In 2Ch_34:11 the same term is used of wooden clamps or braces.
And brass.—Bronze, which was much used in the ornamental work of ancient buildings. Comp. the plates of bronze which once adorned the doors of the temple of Shalmaneser II. (B.C. 854), at Balawât, and are now in the British Museum. Sennacherib, in a later age (B.C. 700), describes the doors of his palace at Nineveh as “overlaid with shining bronze.”
Without weight.—A natural hyperbole. The actual amounts would, of course, be known to the royal treasurers. (Comp. the common use of the phrases la niba, la mani “without number,” “without measure,” in Assyrian accounts of spoils and captives.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Iron the joinings; and brass. The very first Bible…
Iron the joinings; and brass. The very first Bible mention of metals (Gen_4:22) places these two together. Whence Solomon got his "abundance" of the latter we have read in 1Ch_18:8; for the "abundance" of the former he would not necessarily go further than his own land. Although the expression, "the land whose stones are iron", (Deu_8:9) is possibly enough a poetical figure where it stands, yet some of the force of the figure may have sprung from its nearness to fact. The abundant use of iron in a great variety of tools, implements, weapons, and the knowledge of it in bar and sheet, might be illustrated from a large number of quotations from Scripture (Deu_19:5 Deu_27:5; 2Sa_12:31; 2Ki_6:5; Isa_10:34 Amo_1:3; and many others) The "joinings" were the clamps and plates of various size and shape, which held strongly together, whether beams of wood or blocks of stone.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain And David prepared iron in abundance.
1Ch_22:3
And David prepared iron in abundance.
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Builders
It sometimes becomes difficult to say who really did build the temple, so little was left for Solomon to do. Is it not so with all the temples of civilisation? Who built the temple of literature? Who erected the temple of science? Who is the architect, and who the builder of the temple of discovery? The last man is so immediately behind us, that we dare not take credit to ourselves for aught we do; so much has been done in preparation that when we speak of the temple we say it was built by the age, or the generation, or the spirit of the times. (J. Parker, D. D.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 items that connect two things together. "clamps" or "hinges"
braces
items that connect two things together. "clamps" or "hinges"
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more bronze than could be weighed
This is an exaggeration to show that there was a very large quantity of bronze. This can be stated in active form. AT: "so much bronze that no one could weigh it" (See: Active or Passive and Hyperbole and Generalization)
more cedar trees than could be counted
This is an exaggeration to show that there was a very large number of cedar trees. This can be stated in active form. AT: "so many cedar trees that no one could count them" (See: Active or Passive and Hyperbole and Generalization)
The Sidonians and the Tyrians brought too many cedar logs to David to count
This is background information to explain who provided so many logs. (See: Background Information)
the house that is to be built for Yahweh
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the house that he will build for Yahweh" (See: Active or Passive)
so that it will be famous and glorious in all other lands
Here the word "lands" refers to the people who lived there. AT: "so that people in every other land will know about it and think that it is glorious" (See: Metonymy)
prepare for its building
"prepare to build it"
translationWords
gate
bronze
cedar
Sidon
Tyre
Solomon
house of God
glory
die
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