1 Kings 7:47

And Solomon placed all the vessels: but for exceeding great multitude the brass could not be weighed.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

46In the plains of the Jordan did the king cast them in a clay ground, between Socoth and Sartham.

48And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of the Lord: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, upon which the leaves of proposition should be set:

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:3And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an immense weight.

1 Chronicles 22:16In gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, whereof there is no number. Arise then, and be doing, and the Lord will 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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