2 Kings 25:16

Study note

Setting — The biblical narrator describes the Babylonian troops stripping Solomon’s temple after Jerusalem’s fall, cataloging the bronze furnishings they could not or would not weigh.

The words — הָ/עַמּוּדִ֣ים (ha./'a.mu.Dim) = the pillars; שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (she.lo.Moh) = Solomon.

The thread — 1 Kings 7:47 states that Solomon himself left these articles unweighed because their quantity exceeded calculation.

Why it lands — The text reports that the bronze weight was beyond measure before noting the historical stripping of the temple. A reader must acknowledge the sheer scale of the original construction and the reality of its total dismantling without adding theological commentary.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.