1 Kings 7:47 KJV — MannaFest

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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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

And Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.

DBT

And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed] from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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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.
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;
2 Chronicles 4:18
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
2 Kings 25:14
And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
2 Kings 25:16
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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, 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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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1KI 7:471CH 22:14 1CH 22:3
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1KI 7:471CH 22:3 1CH 22:14
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1KI 7:472CH 4:18 JER 52:20
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1KI 7:471CH 22:16 1CH 22:11
1KI 7:471CH 22:16 EPH 5:14
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1KI 7:471CH 22:3 1CH 29:2
1KI 7:471CH 22:16 1CO 15:58

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