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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Gill's Exposition
And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord,.... That is, he ordered them to be made, even all that were in the tabernacle of Moses; all were newly made, excepting the…
Barnes' Notes
The brass of which the two pillars, Jachin and Boaz, the brass sea, and the various vessels were made had been taken by David from two cities belonging to Hadadezer, king of Zobah 1Ch 18:8.
We have here an account of the brass-work about the temple. There was no iron about the temple, though we find David preparing for the temple iron for things of iron, Ch1 29:2. What those things were…
Cambridge Bible
neither was the weight of the brass found out The R.V. gives -could not be found out." The verb, which signifies literally -to investigate," -to search out," seems employed to indicate that no attempt…
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