God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 4:18
18Solomon made so many of these products that no one tried to determine how much the bronze weighed.
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
16pots, shovels, and three-pronged forks. Huram made all of them out of polished bronze for the Lord’s temple at King Solomon’s request. 17The king cast them in foundries in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah. Solomon made so many of these products that no one tried to determine how much the bronze weighed. 19Solomon made all the furnishings for God’s temple: the gold altar, the gold tables on which the bread of the presence was placed, 20lamp stands and lamps of pure gold (to burn as directed in front of the inner room),
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 7:47Solomon left all the products unweighed because so much bronze was used. No one tried to determine how much the bronze weighed.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3David prepared a large quantity of iron for nails and fittings on the doors of the gates. He also prepared so much bronze that it couldn’t be weighed.
- Jeremiah 52:20The bronze from the 2 pillars, the pool, and the 12 bronze bulls under the stands that King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple couldn’t be weighed.
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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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