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2 Chronicles 4:18

Solomon

16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;

20 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

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BSB
Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
KJV
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
WEB
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, so that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
ASV
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
DARBY
And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
BLB
And Solomon had made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not to be sought out.
ÅB
Salomo gjorde alle disse saker i stor mengde; for kobberets vekt ble ikke undersøkt.
OTB
Så Salomo produserte alle disse redskapene i store mengder,
for vekten av bronsen kunne ikke bestemmes.
B1930
Salomo gjorde alle disse saker i stor mengde; for kobberets vekt blev ikke undersøkt.

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  • 1 Kings 7:47

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

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  • Jeremiah 52:20

    The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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  • 1 Chronicles 22:14

    Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

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  • 1 Chronicles 22:3

    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;

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