1 Kings 7:47

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The weight of all these vessels was not measured, because there was such a number of them; it was not possible to get the weight of the brass.

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  • 1 Chr 22:14 : 14 Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.
  • 1 Chr 22:3 : 3 And he got together a great store of iron, for the nails for the doors and for the joins; and brass, more in weight than might be measured;
  • 1 Chr 22:16 : 16 In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.
  • 2 Chr 4:18 : 18 So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.

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  • 2 Chr 4:16-19
    4 verses
    87%

    16 All the pots and the spades and the meat-hooks and their vessels, which Huram, who was as his father, made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

    17 The king made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, in the soft earth between Succoth and Zeredah.

    18 So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.

    19 And Solomon made all the vessels used in the house of God, the gold altar and the tables on which the holy bread was placed,

  • 1 Kgs 7:48-51
    4 verses
    83%

    48 And Solomon had all the vessels made for use in the house of the Lord: the altar of gold and the gold table on which the holy bread was placed;

    49 And the supports for the lights, five on the right side and five on the left before the inmost room, of clear gold; and the flowers and the lights and all the instruments of gold;

    50 And the cups and the scissors and the basins and the spoons and the fire-trays, all of gold; and the pins on which the doors were turned, the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and the doors of the Temple, all of gold.

    51 So all the work King Solomon had done in the house of the Lord was complete. Then Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 25:13-16
    4 verses
    82%

    13 And the brass pillars in the house of the Lord, and the wheeled bases, and the great brass water-vessel in the house of the Lord, were broken up by the Chaldaeans, who took the brass to Babylon.

    14 And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessels used in the Lord's house, they took away.

    15 And the fire-trays and the basins; the gold of the gold vessels and the silver of the silver vessels, were all taken away by the captain of the armed men.

    16 The two pillars, the great water-vessel and the wheeled bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • Jer 52:17-20
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    80%

    17 And the brass pillars which were in the house of the Lord, and the wheeled bases and the great brass water-vessel in the house of the Lord, were broken up by the Chaldaeans, who took all the brass away to Babylon.

    18 And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessels used in the Lord's house, they took away.

    19 And the cups and the fire-trays and the basins and the pots and the supports for the lights and the spoons and the wide basins; the gold of the gold vessels, and the silver of the silver vessels, the captain of the armed men took away.

    20 The two pillars, the great water-vessel, and the twelve brass oxen which were under it, and the ten wheeled bases, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

  • 1 Kgs 7:44-46
    3 verses
    80%

    44 And the great water-vessel, with the twelve oxen under it;

    45 And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.

    46 He made them of liquid metal in the lowland of Jordan, at the way across the river, at Adama, between Succoth and Zarethan.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    77%

    21 And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold; not one was of silver, for no one gave a thought to silver in the days of King Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    77%

    20 All King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods of Lebanon were of the best gold: no one gave a thought to silver in the days of Solomon.

  • Num 7:85-86
    2 verses
    73%

    85 The weight of every silver plate was a hundred and thirty shekels, and of every basin seventy; the weight of all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels, by the scale of the holy place;

    86 The weight of the twelve gold spoons of spice for burning was ten shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place; all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels;

  • 1 Kgs 7:40
    73%

    40 And Hiram made the pots and spades and the basins. So Hiram came to the end of all the work he did for King Solomon in the house of the Lord:

  • 1 Chr 28:14-17
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    72%

    14 Of gold, by weight, for the vessels of gold, for all the vessels of different uses; and silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for vessels of different uses;

    15 And gold by weight for the light-supports and the vessels for the lights, the weight of gold needed for every support and every vessel for lights; and for the silver light-supports, the weight of silver needed for every support and for the different vessels as every one was to be used;

    16 And gold by weight for the tables for the holy bread for every table, and silver for the silver tables;

    17 Clear gold for the meat-hooks and the basins and the cups; for the gold basins, gold enough by weight for every basin; and silver by weight for every silver basin;

  • Ezra 8:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26 Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

    27 And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.

  • 2 Chr 9:13-15
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    72%

    13 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

    14 And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

    15 And King Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

  • Exod 37:24
    71%

    24 A talent of the best gold was used for the making of it and its vessels.

  • 1 Chr 18:8
    71%

    8 And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and vessels.

  • Exod 37:16
    71%

    16 And all the table-vessels, the plates and spoons and basins and the cups for liquids, he made of the best gold.

  • 1 Kgs 10:16-17
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    71%

    16 And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.

    17 And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every cover: and the king put them in the house of the Woods of Lebanon.

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    71%

    7 Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.

  • 1 Kgs 7:27
    71%

    27 And he made ten wheeled bases of brass; every one four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

  • 1 Kgs 7:37-38
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    37 All the ten bases were made in this way, after the same design, of the same size and form.

    38 And he made ten brass washing-vessels, everyone taking forty baths, and measuring four cubits; one vessel was placed on every one of the ten bases.

  • 2 Kgs 12:13
    71%

    13 But the money was not used for making silver cups or scissors or basins or wind-instruments or any vessels of gold or silver for the house of the Lord;

  • Ezra 1:10
    70%

    10 Thirty gold basins, four hundred and ten silver basins, and a thousand other vessels.

  • Exod 38:29
    70%

    29 The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    70%

    1 So all the work which Solomon did for the house of the Lord was complete. And Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:5
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    5 And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there, were with him before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.

  • 2 Kgs 24:13
    69%

    13 And he took away all the stored wealth of the Lord's house, and the goods from the king's store-house, cutting up all the gold vessels which Solomon, king of Israel, had made in the house of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

  • 1 Kgs 7:15
    69%

    15 He it was who made the two brass pillars; the first pillar was eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits went round it; and the second was the same.

  • Num 7:14
    69%

    14 One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice for burning;