King James Version
2 Chronicles 4:18 in the King James Version says “Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.”
2 Chronicles 4:18 · KJV
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. bright: Heb. made bright, or, scoured
In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. clay: Heb. thicknesses of the ground
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all these vessels”
H3627something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
“in great”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“of the brass”
H5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e., coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)
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