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, the forks, and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord. 17On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. So Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be determined. 19Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them, 20the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed;

2 Chronicles 4:18 word by word

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

• So Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• utensilsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• in greatמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• quantitiesרֹבrôb · abundanceH7230
• for the weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948
• of the bronzeנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• could not be determinedחָקַרchâqar · to searchH2713

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 4:18

• 1 Kings 7:47However, Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
• 1 Chronicles 22:3And David prepared large quantities of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more bronze than could be weighed;
• Jeremiah 52:20The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord--the bronze of all these vessels was beyond 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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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