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 ash buckets, the shovels, the meat hooks, and all the related articles. Huram-abi made all these things of burnished bronze for the Temple of the Lord, just as King Solomon had directed. 17The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zarethan. Solomon used such great quantities of bronze that its weight could not be determined. 19Solomon also made all the furnishings for the Temple of God: the gold altar; the tables for the Bread of the Presence; 20the lampstands and their lamps of solid gold, to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as prescribed;

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 did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.
• 1 Chronicles 22:3David provided large amounts of iron for the nails that would be needed for the doors in the gates and for the clamps, and he gave more bronze than could be weighed.
• Jeremiah 52:20The weight of the bronze from the two pillars, the Sea with the twelve bronze oxen beneath it, and the water carts was too great to be measured. These things had been made for the Lord’s Temple in the days of King Solomon.

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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 4:18

• Master Workman
• Mechanic
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Sea
• Genealogy

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