2 Chronicles 4:18

2 Chronicles 4:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
• New International Version (NIV)All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

Context of 2 Chronicles 4:18

16The pails, the shovels, and the meat-forks, and all the utensils Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord. 17The king cast them on the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. Solomon made all these utensils in such great quantity that the weight of the bronze could not be determined. 19Solomon also made all the articles that were in the house of God: the golden altar, and the tables for the bread of the Presence (showbread), 20and the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary (the Holy of Holies) as directed;

2 Chronicles 4:18 word by word

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה כָּל־הַכֵּלִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לָרֹ֣ב מְאֹ֑ד כִּ֛י לֹ֥א נֶחְקַ֖ר מִשְׁקַ֥ל הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• all these vesselsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• in greatמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• abundanceרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• for the weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948
• of the brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• could not be found outחָקַרchâqar · to searchH2713

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:18

• 1 Kings 7:47Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
• 1 Chronicles 22:3David prepared large quantities of iron to make nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps (trusses), and more bronze than could be weighed;
• Jeremiah 52:20The two pillars, the one [enormous] Sea (basin), and the twelve bronze bulls under the Sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord—the bronze of all these things was beyond weighing.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4:18

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-18Compare 1 Kings 7:40b–47, which the Chronicler follows almost word for word.Read the comment

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• Solomon
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings