1 Kings 7:47

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Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 22:14 : 14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the LORD’s temple. I have stored up 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!
  • 1 Chr 22:3 : 3 David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,
  • 1 Chr 22:16 : 16 in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the LORD be with you!”
  • 2 Chr 4:18 : 18 Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze.

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

    16and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.

    17The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

    18Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze.

    19Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept,

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

    48Solomon also made all these items for the LORD’s temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence,

    49the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary(five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs,

    50the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary(the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

    51When King Solomon finished constructing the LORD’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David(the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple.

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

    13The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the LORD’s temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called“The Sea.” They took the bronze to Babylon.

    14They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.

    15The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers and basins.

    16The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple– including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands– was too heavy to be weighed.

  • Jer 52:17-20
    4 verses
    80%

    17The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the temple of the LORD, as well as the movable stands and the large bronze basin called“The Sea.” They took all the bronze to Babylon.

    18They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests.

    19The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels.

    20The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the LORD’s temple(including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called“The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under“The Sea,” and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed.

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

    44the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

    45and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the LORD’s temple were made from polished bronze.

    46The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21
    77%

    21All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    77%

    20All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.

  • Num 7:85-86
    2 verses
    73%

    85Each silver platter weighed 130 shekels, and each silver sprinkling bowl weighed 70 shekels. All the silver of the vessels weighed 2,400 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

    86The twelve gold pans full of incense weighed 10 shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel; all the gold of the pans weighed 120 shekels.

  • 1 Kgs 7:40
    73%

    40Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the LORD’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

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

    14He gave him the prescribed weight for all the gold items to be used in various types of service in the LORD’s temple, for all the silver items to be used in various types of service,

    15for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand,

    16for the gold used in the display tables, including the amount to be used in each table, for the silver to be used in the silver tables,

    17for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl,

  • Ezra 8:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    26I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

    2720 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.

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

    13Solomon’s Wealth Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,

    14besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.

  • Exod 37:24
    71%

    24He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold.

  • 1 Chr 18:8
    71%

    8From Tibhath and Kun, Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze.(Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called“The Sea,” the pillars, and other bronze items.)

  • Exod 37:16
    71%

    16He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings.

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

    16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield.

    17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

  • 2 Chr 7:7
    71%

    7Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the LORD’s temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.

  • 1 Kgs 7:27
    71%

    27He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high.

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

    37He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape.

    38He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about 240 gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand.

  • 2 Kgs 12:13
    71%

    13The silver brought to the LORD’s temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements.

  • Ezra 1:10
    70%

    1030 gold bowls, 410 other silver bowls, and 1,000 other vessels.

  • Exod 38:29
    70%

    29The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.

  • 2 Chr 5:1
    70%

    1When Solomon had finished constructing the LORD’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David(the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.

  • 1 Kgs 8:5
    69%

    5Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.

  • 2 Kgs 24:13
    69%

    13Nebuchadnezzar took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the LORD’s temple, just as the LORD had warned.

  • 1 Kgs 7:15
    69%

    15He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was 27 feet high and 18 feet in circumference.

  • Num 7:14
    69%

    14one gold pan weighing 10 shekels, full of incense;