◄ 2 Kings 25:16 ►
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Good News Translation
The bronze objects that King Solomon had made for the Temple--the two columns, the carts, and the large tank--were too heavy to weigh.

New Revised Standard Version
As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing.

Contemporary English Version
The pile of bronze from the columns, the stands, and the large bowl that Solomon had made for the temple was too large to be weighed.

New American Bible
The two columns, the one bronze sea, and the stands, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD—the weight in bronze of all these articles was never calculated.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That is, two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made in the temple of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That is, two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made in the temple of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

one sea.

1 Kings 7:47 And Solomon placed all the vessels: but for its exceeding great multitude the brass could not be weighed.

Context
The Temple Destroyed
…15Moreover also the censers, and the bowls, such as were of gold in gold: and such as were of silver in silver, the general of the army took away. 16That is, two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made in the temple of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.17One pillar was eighteen cubits high: and the chapiter of brass, which was upon it, was three cubits high: and the network, and the pomegranates that were upon the chapiter of the pillar, were all of brass: and the second pillar had the like adorning.…
Cross References
1 Kings 7:27
And he made ten bases of brass, every base was four cubits in length, and four cubits in breadth, and three cubits high.

1 Kings 7:47
And Solomon placed all the vessels: but for its exceeding great multitude the brass could not be weighed.

2 Kings 25:15
Moreover also the censers, and the bowls, such as were of gold in gold: and such as were of silver in silver, the general of the army took away.

Jeremiah 52:20
And the two pillars, and one sea, and twelve oxen of brass that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: there was no weight of the brass of all these vessels.

2 Kings 25:15
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