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Jeremiah 52:20

Solomon

18 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

19 The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

22 The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

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BSB
As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
KJV
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.
WEB
They took the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made for the LORD’s house. The bronze of all these vessels was without weight.
ASV
The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah-the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
DARBY
The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen that formed the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.
BLB
The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that [were] under [it], [and] the carts that king Solomon had made for the house of YHWH. There was no weighing of the bronze of all these articles.
ÅB
De to søyler, det ene hav og de tolv kobberokser som var under fotstykkene som kong Salomo hadde latt gjøre for Herrens hus - i alle disse ting var kobberet ikke til å veie.
OTB
Bronsen fra de to søylene, sjøen, de tolv bronseoksene under den, og stativene, som kong Salomo hadde laget for Herrens hus, var uten mål.
B1930
De to søiler, det ene hav og de tolv kobberokser som var under fotstykkene som kong Salomo hadde latt gjøre for Herrens hus - i alle disse ting var kobberet ikke til å veie.

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  • 1 Kings 7:47

    Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

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  • 2 Kings 25:16

    As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

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  • 2 Chronicles 4:18

    Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

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  • 1 Chronicles 22:14

    Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

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