1 Kings 7:47
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.”
חָקַר
To be fully known and not rejected — that is the miracle of Psalm 139. Chaqar is the searching of a jeweller examining a stone, a judge examining evidence. God has searched you completely. He knows the parts you hide from everyone else. And He has not turned away. That is the foundation of all confidence.
מְאֹד
very
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מְאֹד
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
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מִשְׁקָל
the weight of
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מִשְׁקָל
weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
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שְׁלֹמֹה
Solomon
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שְׁלֹמֹה
Shelomah, David's successor
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