⁴⁷ Solomon left all these things unweighed,^(A) because there were so many;^(B) the weight of the bronze^(C) was not determined.

¹⁴ “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents^[a] of gold, a million talents^[b] of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.^(A)

³ He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.^(A)

¹⁸ All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze^(A) could not be calculated.

¹⁶ in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen^(A) beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.”