OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 7:47

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47

Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.

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Verse 47. Weighed. It was deemed unnecessary, and too troublesome. Bible.—Hebrew “And Solomon would not have all the vessels weighed,” on account of the too great number: “the weight of the brass was not discovered.” Vatable.

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