1st Kings Chapter 7 verse 47 Holy Bible
And Solomon left all the vessels `unweighed', because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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The weight of all these vessels was not measured, because there was such a number of them; it was not possible to get the weight of the brass.
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And Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed] from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
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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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And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were very numerous: neither was the weight of the brass ascertained.
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Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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And Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 47. - And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed [the interpretation of the A.V. italics is justified by the next clauses] because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. [Marg. searched. So Gesen. al. This does not mean that the "brass for each vessel was not weighed out" (Bahr), but that the total weight of the metal was not, perhaps could not, be ascertained.] The sacred record now proceeds to enumerate the vessels, etc., used inside the temple - those hitherto described having been for external use. These latter, as became the furniture of a house which blazed in gold, were all of gold, while the former were of brass. It would seem to be a fair inference, from the omission of Hiram's name, that he was not employed on the manufacture of these latter vessels.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(47) Solomon left all the vessels unweighed.--The brass for these vessels had (1Chronicles 18:8) been taken by David from Tibhath and Chun, cities of the territory of Zobah, and laid up with other stores for the purpose of the Temple. How these cities were so rich in brass we are not told; but there are very ancient copper-mines, once worked by the Egyptians, in the Sinaitic peninsula; and the allusions to mining of various kinds in Job 28:1-11 (perhaps belonging to the time of Solomon) are very striking.
