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16 and the pots, shovels, and meat forks.[a] All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the Lord’s temple[b] were made from polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in earth foundries[c] in the region of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan. 18 Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:16 tc Some prefer to read here “bowls,” see v. 11 and 1 Kgs 7:45.
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:16 tn Heb “Huram Abi made for King Solomon [for] the house of the Lord.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:17 tn Or perhaps, “molds.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:18 tn Heb “Solomon made all these items in great abundance so that the weight of the bronze was not sought.”