1 Kings 7:47

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Solomon left all the articles unweighed because they were so numerous; the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

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  • 1 Chr 22:14 : 14 Now, behold, in my trouble, I have prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron that it cannot be weighed, as well as timber and stone in abundance, which you may add to.
  • 1 Chr 22:3 : 3 David provided an abundance of iron for making nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as so much bronze that it was beyond measure.
  • 1 Chr 22:16 : 16 Gold, silver, bronze, and iron are beyond measure. Arise and begin the work, and may the Lord be with you.
  • 2 Chr 4:18 : 18 Solomon made all these items in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

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

    16Huram made the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. They were made of polished bronze.

    17The king cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay soil between Succoth and Zeredathah.

    18Solomon made all these items in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.

    19Solomon made all the items for the house of God: the golden altar, the tables on which were the bread of the Presence,

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

    48Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,

    49the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left in front of the inner sanctuary), the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, all of gold,

    50the basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and censers of pure gold, and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room (the Most Holy Place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

    51So all the work King Solomon did for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

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

    13The Chaldeans broke apart the bronze pillars of the house of the LORD, the stands, and the bronze sea that were in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

    14They took the pots, the shovels, the wick trimmers, the dishes, and all the bronze utensils used in the temple service.

    15The captain of the guard also took the firepans and the sprinkling bowls—everything that was made of gold and silver.

    16The weight of the two pillars, the bronze sea, and the stands, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, could not be weighed because of their immense weight.

  • Jer 52:17-20
    4 verses
    80%

    17The Chaldeans broke apart the bronze pillars of the house of the LORD, as well as the stands and the bronze sea in the temple, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

    18They also took the pots, shovels, snuffers, bowls, dishes, and every bronze article used in the temple service.

    19The captain of the guard took away the basins, firepans, bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes, and drink-offering vessels—everything made of pure gold and pure silver.

    20The weight of the two bronze pillars, the bronze sea, the twelve bronze oxen underneath it, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, was beyond calculation.

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

    44the Sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it,

    45and the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. All these articles that Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the LORD were of burnished bronze.

    46The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    77%

    21All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    77%

    20All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon’s days.

  • Num 7:85-86
    2 verses
    73%

    85Each silver dish weighed 130 shekels, and each silver basin weighed 70 shekels, all according to the sanctuary shekel. The total amount of silver of the vessels was 2,400 shekels according to the sanctuary shekel.

    86The twelve golden dishes filled with incense each weighed ten shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, for a total of 120 shekels of gold.

  • 1 Kgs 7:40
    73%

    40Hiram also made the basins, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Hiram completed all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon for the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 28:14-17
    4 verses
    72%

    14He assigned the weight of gold for all gold articles used in every kind of service, and the weight of silver for all silver articles used in every kind of service.

    15The weight of gold for the lampstands and their lamps, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps, and the weight of silver for the silver lampstands, with the weight for each lampstand and its lamps, depending on the service of each lampstand.

    16He designated the weight of gold for the tables for the bread of presence, for each table, and the silver for the silver tables.

    17He also gave instructions for the pure gold forks, sprinkling bowls, pitchers, and the weight for each gold basin and for each silver basin.

  • Ezra 8:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26And I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, 100 silver vessels worth talents, and 100 talents of gold.

    27Also, twenty gold basins worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of polished bronze, as desirable as gold.

  • 2 Chr 9:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13The weight of the gold that came to Solomon annually was six hundred sixty-six talents,

    14not counting what the merchants and traders brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; each shield needed six hundred shekels of hammered gold.

  • Exod 37:24
    71%

    24He made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.

  • 1 Chr 18:8
    71%

    8From Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a great amount of bronze. With it, Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and other bronze articles.

  • Exod 37:16
    71%

    16He made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates, its utensils, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring drink offerings.

  • 1 Kgs 10:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; each shield contained six hundred shekels of gold.

    17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    71%

    7Solomon also consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the Temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar he had made could not hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat portions.

  • 1 Kgs 7:27
    71%

    27He made ten bronze stands, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.

  • 1 Kgs 7:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37This was how he made the ten stands: all of them were cast in the same mold, with the same size and shape.

    38Hiram made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits. One basin was placed on each of the ten stands.

  • 2 Kgs 12:13
    71%

    13the masons and stonecutters, and to purchase timber and cut stone for repairing the damage to the temple of the LORD, as well as to cover all other costs related to the temple repairs.

  • Ezra 1:10
    70%

    10Thirty gold bowls, four hundred and ten silver bowls of a second type, and one thousand other articles.

  • Exod 38:29
    70%

    29The bronze from the wave offering totaled seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    70%

    1So all the work that Solomon did for the temple of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the holy items dedicated by his father David— the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:5
    69%

    5King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel who had gathered before him were with him in front of the Ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be counted or numbered.

  • 2 Kgs 24:13
    69%

    13He carried off all the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and he cut into pieces all the gold objects that Solomon, king of Israel, had made for the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had declared.

  • 1 Kgs 7:15
    69%

    15Hiram cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high, and a cord measuring twelve cubits circled around each pillar.

  • Num 7:14
    69%

    14One golden dish weighing 10 shekels, filled with incense.