Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
1 Chronicles 22:3 - New Revised Standard Version 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, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 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 too I have provided. To these you must add more.
So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones, and marble in abundance.
They gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
Solomon made all these things in great quantities, so that the weight of the bronze was not determined.
As for the two pillars, the one sea, 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 weighing.
a land where you may eat bread without scarcity, where you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you may mine copper.