Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
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Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
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Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 4:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3 David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and bronze in abundance without weight;
- 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.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great…
18. Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance] In 1Ki_7:47, And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great…
(18) Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance.—1Ki_7:47, And Solomon left all the vessels (unweighed) from very great abundance. Our text may be due to a copyist, whose eye wandered to the beginning of the next verse; but it is possible that the chronicler missed the significance of the verb used in Kings, and therefore substituted an easier term. The further changes—“unto great abundance,” “for the weight,” &c.—suggest this account of the matter.
Could not be found out.—Was not ascertained.
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