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1 Kings 7:47

1 Kings 7:47 is verse 47 of 1 Kings chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

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1 Kings 7:45–49 · Berean Standard Bible

45 and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All the articles that Huram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were made of burnished bronze.

46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

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

48 Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;

49 the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

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 22:14

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 provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

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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