1 Kings 7:47

And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed] because they were very many; the weight of the brass could not be found out.

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In The King James Version

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

In Context

46The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

48And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of LORD: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold,

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings, and brass in abundance without weight,

1 Chronicles 22:16Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and LORD be with thee.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 7:14-48

13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars:… Read the whole commentary →

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