As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing — the summary notes the magnitude of bronze removed: the two pillars, the sea, and the stands that Solomon had crafted for the temple centuries earlier. The phrase 'the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weighing' (לֹא־הִשְׁקָל הַנְּחֹשֶׁת לַכֹּל־הַכֶּלִים, *lo hishkal ha-nechoshet la-kol ha-kelim*) emphasizes the immense quantity: the bronze exceeds measurement capacity. These objects, created during the golden age of Solomon, are now stripped as spoil.

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