1 Chronicles 22:3

David provided plenty of iron to make the nails for the entrance doors and for the supports, as well as more bronze than could be weighed.

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In The King James Version

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;

In Context

2So David gave orders to summon the foreigners living in the land of Israel, and he assigned stonecutters to prepare dressed stones to build the house of God.

4He provided more cedar logs than could be counted, because the people of Sidon and Tyre had brought a huge quantity of cedar logs to David.

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Cross References

1 Kings 7:47Solomon did not weigh anything that had been made because there was just so much—the weight of bronze used could not be measured.

1 Chronicles 29:2Using all my means I have provided for the house of my God—gold for the articles made of gold, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood; onyx stones and stones for settings: turquoise, different colored stones, every kind of precious stone; and plenty of marble.

2 Chronicles 4:18Solomon made so many of these things that the weight of the bronze used could not be measured.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 22:2-6

Preparations for the Temple. ( b. c. 1017.) 1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 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; 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre… Read the whole commentary →

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