2 Chronicles 4:18

Modern

Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

Traditional

Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

Literal

And Solomon had made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not to be sought out.

Latin

Erat autem multitudo vasorum innumerabilis, ita ut ignoraretur pondus æris.

Hebrew

English

Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

Compare 1 Kings 7:40b–47, which the Chronicler follows almost word for word.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Kings 7:47
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Jeremiah 52:20
As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
1 Chronicles 22:14
Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
1 Chronicles 22:3
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed

Solomon: Son of David, king of Israel, known for his wisdom