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1 Kings 7:47

in 1 Kings 7

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.

KJV

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

This verse in 1 Kings 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
The brass of which the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, the brass sea, and the various vessels were made had been taken by David from two cities belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah 1Ch 18:8.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

, as well as unweighed ), because they were exceedingly numerous, and it would have been an endless thing to keep the account of them; neither was the weight of the brass, when it was delivered to the workmen, searched or enquired into; so honest were the workmen, and such great plenty of brass they had, that there was no danger of wanting.

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The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיַּנַּ֤חand he left

    vaiyanachH5117142 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹה֙Solomon

    shelomohH8010291 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H36055413 times

  • הַכֵּלִ֔יםthe utensils

    hakelimH3627325 times

  • מֵרֹ֖בfrom abundance

    meroH7230149 times

  • מְאֹ֣דvery

    meodH3966300 times

  • מְאֹ֑דvery

    meodH3966300 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H38085168 times

  • נֶחְקַ֖רit was ascertained

    nechkarH2713

  • מִשְׁקַ֥ל[the] weight of

    mishkalH4948

  • הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת׃the bronze

    hanechoshetH5178140 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 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…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 22:3

      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

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 22:3

    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

    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 29:2

      Now 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…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 4:18

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

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 52:20

      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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 22:16

    in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 22:11

      Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.

    • Ephesians 5:14

      So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

    • Philippians 4:13

      I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

    • 1 Corinthians 15:58

      Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

About 1 Kings

The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Judgment of Solomon, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.