2 Kings 25:16 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Without weight - The Babylonians did not take the trouble to weigh the brass as they did the gold and silver. In the Assyrian monuments there are representations of the weighing of captured articles in gold and silver in the presence of the royal scribes.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים׀	ha.'a.mu.Dim	the pillars	H5982 →
שְׁנַ֗יִם	she.Na.yim	two	H8147 →
הַיָּ֤ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
הָֽאֶחָד֙	ha.'e.Chad	<the> one	H259 →
וְהַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת	ve.ha.me.kho.Not	and the stands	H4350 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
עָשָׂ֥ה	'a.Sah	he had made	H6213 →
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	she.lo.Moh	Solomon	H8010 →
לְבֵ֣ית	le.Veit	for [the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
הָיָ֣ה	ha.Yah	it belonged	H1961 →
מִשְׁקָ֔ל	mish.Kal	weight	H4948 →
לִנְחֹ֖שֶׁת	lin.Cho.shet	to [the] bronze of	H5178 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַכֵּלִ֥ים	ha.ke.Lim	the articles	H3627 →
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 7:47
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
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…
- 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
- 2 Chronicles 4:18
  Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- 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.”

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