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1 Kings 7:47 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 7 · verse 47
And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.1 Kings 7:47 · King James Version
1 Kings 7:47 in context
45And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.
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 unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
49And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- exceedingmᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- SolomonShᵉlômôhShelomah, David's successorH8010 →
- vesselskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- weightmishqâlweightH4948 →
- brassnᵉchôshethcopper, hence, something made of that metalH5178 →
- leftyânachto depositH3240 →
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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 we are not told, but some of the things of brass are here described and the rest mentioned. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-47