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 Chronicles 4:18 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And the multitude of vessels was innumerable, so that the weight of the brass was not known.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
- DARBYDarby
- And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- Thus, Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the weight of the brass was beyond measure.
Context: 2 Chronicles 4
16The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
17In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
19And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
20Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
About 2 Chronicles 4: Furnishings of the Temple Completed
The meticulous completion of the temple's furnishings, reflecting the devotion to worship and the centrality of divine presence in Israel's religious life
Commentary
In 2 Chronicles 4, we see the construction of the temple of the Lord by King Solomon. The chapter begins with a description of the altar of bronze that was made for the temple. It was made from the bronze that was taken from the bronze sea that was in the court of the temple. The altar was made to be used for the burnt offerings and the sacrifices that were to be offered to the Lord.