1 Chronicles 22:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed”
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“David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;”
King James Version · Public Domain“And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance--there is no weighing.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 22:3 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 8:9a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
- 1 Kings 7:47Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 29:2Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
- 1 Chronicles 29:7Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.
- 2 Chronicles 4:18Solomon made all these articles in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze could not be determined.
- Jeremiah 52:20As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
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