And the two pillars and one sea and twelve oxen of brass that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord. There was no weight of the brass of all these vessels.
Behold, I in my poverty have prepared the charges of the house of the Lord, of gold a hundred thousand talents, and of silver a million of talents. But of brass, and of iron there is no weight, for the abundance surpasseth all account: timber also and stones I have prepared for all the charges.