1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| I Chronicles 22:3 | And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an immense weight. | Prepared. Syriac and Arabic, "appointed blacksmiths from among the proselytes, to forge tools for cutting and dressing stone, etc." But most follow the Vulgate. (Calmet) --- Closures is explained by the following word, which alone occurs in Hebrew, etc. --- Immense. Hebrew and Septuagint, "abundance, it was not weighed." (Haydock) |