Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
And Solomon made all these items in great abundance; indeed, the weight of the bronze was not sought out.
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Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
And Salomon made al these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of brasse could not be rekoned.
In the country near the Jordan did the king cast them, in a clay ground between Sochot and Saredatha.
And Solomon maketh all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the brass hath not been searched out.
And Solomon makes all these vessels in great abundance, that the weight of the bronze has not been searched out.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; indeed, the weight of the bronze could not be known.
And Solomon made all these items in great abundance; indeed, the weight of the bronze was not sought out.
And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, so that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be ascertained.
Solomon made so many of these things that the weight of the bronze used could not be measured.
So Solomon made all these vessels, a very great store of them, and the weight of the brass used was not measured.
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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נֶחְקַ֖ר to search H2713 occurs in 26 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
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In English translation the verse runs 20 words from the Hebrew and 16 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
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וַיַּ֧עַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה כָּל הַכֵּלִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לָרֹ֣ב מְאֹ֑ד כִּ֛י לֹ֥א נֶחְקַ֖ר מִשְׁקַ֥ל הַנְּחֹֽשֶׁת
Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
World English Bible · Public Domain
καί ποιέω σαλωμών πᾶς ὁ σκεῦος οὗτος εἰς πλῆθος σφόδρα ὅτι οὐ ἐκλείπω ὁλκή ὁ χαλκοῦς
So Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the quantity of brass failed not.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 12 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is châqar (“to search”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.