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2 Chronicles 4:18
18Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Solomon used such great quantities of bronze that its weight could not be determined.
Context of 2 Chronicles 4:18
16The pots, the shovels, the forks, and all the equipment for these Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord. 17In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought. 19So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables for the bread of the Presence, 20the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed;
Read all of 2 Chronicles 42 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 7:47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing,
- Jeremiah 52:20As for the two pillars, the one sea, the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which Solomon the king had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these things was beyond weight.
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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
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