Solomon left all the utensils unweighed because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
1 Chronicles 22:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised David supplied a great deal of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the fittings, together with an immeasurable quantity of bronze, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition David prepared iron in abundance for nails for the doors of the gates and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weighing, American Standard Version (1901) And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight; Common English Bible David also provided a huge amount of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for the braces, so much bronze that it couldn’t be weighed, Catholic Public Domain Version Also, David prepared very much iron to use for the nails of the gates, and for the seams and joints, as well as an immeasurable weight of brass. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an immense weight. |
Solomon left all the utensils unweighed because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
‘Notice I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the Lord #– #3,450 tonnes of gold, 34,500 tonnes of silver, , and bronze and iron that can’t be weighed because there is so much of it. I have also provided timber and stone, but you will need to add more to them.
So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God: gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting, antimony, , stones of various colours, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.
For the service of God’s house they gave 170 tonnes of gold and 10,000 gold coins, , 345 tonnes of silver, 620 tonnes of bronze, and 3,450 tonnes of iron.
Solomon made all these utensils in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.
As for the two pillars, the one basin, with the twelve bronze oxen under it, and the water carts that King Solomon had made for the Lord’s temple, the weight of the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure.
a land where you will eat food without shortage, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you will mine copper.