2 Kings 25:16
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That is, two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made in the temple of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

one sea.

1 Kings 7:47 And Solomon placed all the vessels: but for its exceeding great multitude the brass could not be weighed.

Context
The Temple Destroyed
15Moreover also the censers, and the bowls, such as were of gold in gold: and such as were of silver in silver, the general of the army took away. 16That is, two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made in the temple of the Lord: the brass of all these vessels was without weight.17One pillar was eighteen cubits high: and the chapiter of brass, which was upon it, was three cubits high: and the network, and the pomegranates that were upon the chapiter of the pillar, were all of brass: and the second pillar had the like adorning.…
Cross References
1 Kings 7:27
And he made ten bases of brass, every base was four cubits in length, and four cubits in breadth, and three cubits high.

1 Kings 7:47
And Solomon placed all the vessels: but for its exceeding great multitude the brass could not be weighed.

2 Kings 25:15
Moreover also the censers, and the bowls, such as were of gold in gold: and such as were of silver in silver, the general of the army took away.

Jeremiah 52:20
And the two pillars, and one sea, and twelve oxen of brass that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the Lord: there was no weight of the brass of all these vessels.

Lexicon
As for the two
שְׁנַ֗יִם (šə·na·yim)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

pillars,
הָעַמּוּדִ֣ים ׀ (hā·‘am·mū·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5982: A column, a stand, platform

the
הָֽאֶחָד֙ (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

Sea,
הַיָּ֤ם (hay·yām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and the movable stands
וְהַמְּכֹנ֔וֹת (wə·ham·mə·ḵō·nō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4350: A fixed resting place, base

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

Solomon
שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (šə·lō·mōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

had made
עָשָׂ֥ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

for the house
לְבֵ֣ית (lə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

{the weight} of the bronze
לִנְחֹ֖שֶׁת (lin·ḥō·šeṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

from all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

articles
הַכֵּלִ֥ים (hak·kê·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

[was beyond] measure.
מִשְׁקָ֔ל (miš·qāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4948: Weight, weighing


Additional Translations
As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.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.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

Two pillars, and one sea, and the bases which Solomon made for the house of the Lord: there was no weight of the brass of all the vessels.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah: for the brass of all these vessels there was no weight.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

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.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of Jehovah, there was no weighing of the brass of all these vessels;
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