Solomon left all the vessels unweighed because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
2 Chronicles 4:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Solomon made all these things in great quantities, so that the weight of the bronze was not determined. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Solomon made all these things in such great numbers that the weight of the bronze was not computed. American Standard Version (1901) Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. Common English Bible Due to the very large number of objects, Solomon didn’t even try to weigh the bronze. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the multitude of the vessels was innumerable, so much so that the weight of the brass was unknown. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known. |
Solomon left all the vessels unweighed because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone also I have provided. To these you must add more.
David also provided great stores of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing,
In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.
As for the two pillars, the one sea, the twelve bronze bulls that were under the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing.