18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
18 Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought.
18 These artifacts were never weighed - there were far too many! Nobody has any idea how much bronze was used.
18 And Solomon had all these articles made in such great abundance that the weight of the bronze was not determined.
18 Solomon used such great quantities of bronze that its weight could not be determined.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 4:18
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The furniture of the temple.
Here is a further account of the furniture of God's house. Both without doors and within, there was that which typified the grace of the gospel, and shadowed out good things to come, of which the substance is Christ. There was the brazen altar. The making of this was not mentioned in the book of Kings. On this all the sacrifices were offered, and it sanctified the gift. The people who worshipped in the courts might see the sacrifices burned. They might thus be led to consider the great Sacrifice, to be offered in the fulness of time, to take away sin, and put an end to death, which the blood of bulls and goats could not possibly do. And, with the smoke of the sacrifices, their hearts might ascend to heaven, in holy desires towards God and his favour. In all our devotions we must keep the eye of faith fixed upon Christ. The furniture of the temple, compared with that of the tabernacle, showed that God's church would be enlarged, and his worshippers multiplied. Blessed be God, there is enough in Christ for all.