1 Kings 7:47
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New International Version (©2011)
Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Solomon did not weigh all these things because there were so many; the weight of the bronze could not be measured.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Solomon left all the utensils unweighed because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Solomon never inventoried the weight of the bronze used, because there were too many utensils, so the weight of the bronze used was never ascertained.

NET Bible (©2006)
Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Solomon left all the products unweighed because so much bronze was used. No one tried to determine how much the bronze weighed.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were very many: neither was the weight of the bronze measured.

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

American Standard Version
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed , because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Solomon placed all the vessels: but for exceeding great multitude the brass could not be weighed.

Darby Bible Translation
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed from their exceeding number; the weight of the brass was not ascertained.

English Revised Version
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were very numerous: neither was the weight of the brass ascertained.

World English Bible
Solomon left all the vessels [unweighed], because they were exceeding many: the weight of the brass could not be found out.

Young's Literal Translation
And Solomon placeth the whole of the vessels; because of the very great abundance, the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:13-47 The two brazen pillars in the porch of the temple, some think, were to teach those that came to worship, to depend upon God only, for strength and establishment in all their religious exercises. Jachin, God will fix this roving mind. It is good that the heart be established with grace. Boaz, In him is our strength, who works in us both to will and to do. Spiritual strength and stability are found at the door of God's temple, where we must wait for the gifts of grace, in use of the means of grace. Spiritual priests and spiritual sacrifices must be washed in the laver of Christ's blood, and of regeneration. We must wash often, for we daily contract pollution. There are full means provided for our cleansing; so that if we have our lot for ever among the unclean it will be our own fault. Let us bless God for the fountain opened by the sacrifice of Christ for sin and for uncleanness.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many,.... The vessels of brass before mentioned, being so large, at least some of them, and so numerous; the Targum is, he laid them up, or placed them; he brought them from whence they were cast, and put them in the sanctuary without weighing them:

neither was the weight of the brass found out; or "searched" (i); it never was inquired into; or, as the Targum, there was no end of it, it was so much.

(i) "nec invesigari potuerit", Tigurine version: "non pervestigatum est", Junius, Tremellius, Piscator.

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The Vessels
…46In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. 47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. 48And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained to the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the show bread was, …

2 Kings 25:14 They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes and all the bronze articles used in the temple service.
2 Kings 25:16 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the movable stands, which Solomon had made for the temple of the LORD, was more than could be weighed.
1 Chronicles 22:3 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.
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.
2 Chronicles 4:18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
Jeremiah 52:20 The bronze from the two pillars, the Sea and the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands, which King Solomon had made for the temple of the LORD, was more than could be weighed.