The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
16. the brass was without weight ] This is said before in the account of their casting, 1Ki 7:47.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Without weight – The Babylonians did not take the trouble to weigh the brass as they did the gold and silver. In the Assyrian monuments there are representations of the weighing of captured articles in gold and silver in the presence of the royal scribes.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 2Ki 25:13]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) The two pillars, (the) one sea . . .A nominative absolute.
All these vessels . . .Those just mentioned, the two pillars, &c.
Without weight.A natural hyperbole closely resembling one which we often meet with in Assyrian accounts of the plunder carried off from conquered towns: spoils without number 1 carried off.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
16. The brass was without weight That is, there was such a vast amount of brass on the pillars, sea, and bases, that it was impossible to weigh it.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 25:16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Ver. 16. Was without weight, ] i.e., Without certain or known weight. Which to prove, it is added,
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
one sea: Heb. the one sea
the brass: 1Ki 7:47
Reciprocal: 1Ki 7:15 – two pillars 1Ki 7:27 – ten bases 1Ch 22:14 – without weight Jer 52:20 – without