25:16a As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD,

Some English versions add “the twelve bronze bulls under ‘the Sea.’ ” The NET Bible footnote suggests that these words were accidentally omitted by a Hebrew scribe.

The ⌊amount of⌋ bronze from the two columns, the water basin called the Sea, and the bases,

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They took all the bronze from the two pillars in the temple, from the Lake/Pool, and from the water carts.

25:16b the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

which Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh, was very great. It was too much to be weighed.

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The ⌊quantity of⌋ bronze from these items/objects that ⌊King⌋ Solomon had made for Yahweh’s temple was so large that they could not measure it.

25:16a-b (reordered)

The bronze objects that King Solomon had made for the Temple–the two columns, the carts, and the large tank–were too heavy to weigh. (Good News Translation)

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