1 Chronicles 22:3
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New International Version (©2011)
He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.

New Living Translation (©2007)
David provided large amounts of iron for the nails that would be needed for the doors in the gates and for the clamps, and he gave more bronze than could be weighed.

English Standard Version (©2001)
David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
David prepared large quantities of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more bronze than could be weighed;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
David supplied a great deal of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with an immeasurable quantity of bronze,

International Standard Version (©2012)
David also provisioned abundant supplies of iron for nails to build the doors for gates and to build clamps. Furthermore, he provided so much bronze it wasn't inventoried,

NET Bible (©2006)
David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
David prepared a large quantity of iron for nails and fittings on the doors of the gates. He also prepared so much bronze that it couldn't be weighed.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the fittings; and bronze in abundance without weight;

American King James Version
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;

American Standard Version
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an immense weight.

Darby Bible Translation
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joists, and brass in abundance without weight;

English Revised Version
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

Webster's Bible Translation
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;

World English Bible
David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

Young's Literal Translation
And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance -- there is no weighing.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22:1-5 On occasion of the terrible judgment inflicted on Israel for the sin of David, God pointed out the place where he would have the temple built; upon which, David was excited to make preparations for the great work. David must not build, but he would do all he could; he prepared abundantly before his death. What our hands find to do for God, and our souls, and those round us, let us do it with all our might, before our death; for after death there is no device nor working. And when the Lord refuses to employ us in those services which we desired, we must not be discouraged or idle, but do what we can, though in a humbler sphere.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - Iron... the joinings; and brass. The very first Bible mention of metals (Genesis 4:22) places these two together. Whence Solomon got his "abundance" of the latter we have read in 1 Chronicles 18:8; for the "abundance' of the former he would not necessarily go further than his own land. Although the expression, "the land whose stones are iron" (Deuteronomy 8:9), is possibly enough a poetical figure where it stands, yet some of the force of the figure may have sprung from its nearness to fact. The abundant use of iron in a great variety of tools, implements, weapons, and the knowledge of it in bar and sheet, might be illustrated from a large number of quotations from Scripture (Deuteronomy 19:5; Deuteronomy 27:5; 2 Samuel 12:31; 2 Kings 6:5; Isaiah 10:34; Amos 1:3; and many others). The "joinings" were the clamps and plates of various size and shape, which held strongly together, whether beams of wood or blocks of stone.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings,.... Great plenty of iron to make nails of for joining the boards together, of which the doors and gates were to be made, and for the fastening of the hinges of them:

and brass in abundance without weight; for making the altar of brass, and the laver of brass, and other vessels. Brass was much used by the Heathens in sacred things, as Macrobius (p) observes.

(p) Saturnal. l. 5. c. 19.

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David's Preparations for the Temple
1Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God. 3And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

1 Kings 7:47 Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.
1 Chronicles 22:14 "I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.
1 Chronicles 29:2 With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God--gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble--all of these in large quantities.
1 Chronicles 29:7 They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze and a hundred thousand talents of iron.