1 Chronicles 22:3
in 1 Chronicles 22David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
KJV
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;
⋯
This verse in 1 Chronicles 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings,.... Great plenty of iron to make nails of for joining the boards together, of which the doors and gates were to be made, and for the fastening of the hinges of them: and brass in abundance without weight; for making the altar of brass, and the laver of brass, and other vessels. Brass was much used by the Heathens in sacred things, as Macrobius (p) observes. (p) Saturnal. l. 5. c. 19.
This site's exposition
gather together the strangers
on 1 Chronicles 22:2-4
David gathers the foreigners in the land to hew stone and sets iron, brass and cedar in abundance before he ever hands Solomon a charge. Kings has no equivalent scene; there the temple's materials appear only after Solomon writes to Hiram in 1 Ki 5. The strangers here are the Canaanite remnant and captives Chronicles elsewhere calls bond servants, the same labor force 2 Chr 2:17-18 will number under Solomon.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the L ORD my God: 8 But the word of the L ORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — scripture-overlap:94%@v7-9
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Irons - for the nails, etc. - Iron for bolts, bars, hinges, etc., etc.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
For the joinings - i. e., the girders, or cramps - pieces of iron to be used in joining beams or stones together.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
for the nails, for the doors of the gates in German, negel, nails.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
to gather the strangers who had converted, because he did not wish to make Israelites perform rigorous labor. And so we find with Solomon below (II Chron.:1): “And Solomon counted, etc.”; (ibid. verse 17): “And he made of them seventy thousand who bear burdens.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבַרְזֶ֣ל׀ | uvarzel | and iron | H1270 → | 76 times |
| לָ֠רֹב | laro | to abundance | H7230 → | 149 times |
| לַֽמִּסְמְרִ֞ים | lamismerim | for the nails | H4548 → | |
| לְדַלְת֧וֹת | ledaltot | for [the] doors of | H1817 → | |
| הַשְּׁעָרִ֛ים | hashearim | the gates | H8179 → | 374 times |
| וְלַֽמְחַבְּר֖וֹת | velamchaberot | and for the clamps | H4226 → | |
| הֵכִ֣ין | hekhin | he prepared | H3559 → | 217 times |
| דָּוִ֑יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וּנְחֹ֥שֶׁת | unechoshet | and bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| לָרֹ֖ב | laro | to abundance | H7230 → | 149 times |
| אֵ֥ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| מִשְׁקָֽל׃ | mishkal | [was] weight | H4948 → | 49 times |
וּבַרְזֶ֣ל׀and iron
uvarzelH1270 →76 times
לָ֠רֹבto abundance
laroH7230 →149 times
לַֽמִּסְמְרִ֞יםfor the nails
lamismerimH4548 →
לְדַלְת֧וֹתfor [the] doors of
ledaltotH1817 →
הַשְּׁעָרִ֛יםthe gates
hashearimH8179 →374 times
וְלַֽמְחַבְּר֖וֹתand for the clamps
velamchaberotH4226 →
הֵכִ֣יןhe prepared
hekhinH3559 →217 times
דָּוִ֑ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וּנְחֹ֥שֶׁתand bronze
unechoshetH5178 →140 times
לָרֹ֖בto abundance
laroH7230 →149 times
אֵ֥יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
מִשְׁקָֽל׃[was] weight
mishkalH4948 →49 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 7:47Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14
Through
1 Chronicles 22:14Now 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…
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Kings 25:16
Through
1 Chronicles 29:2Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:3–5
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
- Isaiah 54:11–12
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20–21
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
- 1 Peter 4:10–11
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3–5
Through
Jeremiah 52:20As 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…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 4:18
Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 7:47
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- 2 Chronicles 4:18
About 1 Chronicles
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.