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

16And the pots, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments did Huram Abiv make king Solomon for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass. 17In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained. 19And Solomon made all the vessels that were [in] the house of God: the golden altar; and the tables whereon was the shewbread; 20and the candlesticks with their lamps to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;

2 Chronicles 4:18 word by word

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

• Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• vesselsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948
• ascertainedחָקַרchâqar · to searchH2713

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:18

• 1 Kings 7:47And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed] from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
• 1 Chronicles 22:3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joists, and brass in abundance without weight;
• Jeremiah 52:20The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that formed the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.

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