| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 2Ki 25:16 | Strong Concordance | The two [08147] pillars [05982], one [0259] sea [03220], and the bases [04350] which Solomon [08010] had made [06213] for the house [01004] of the LORD [03068]; the brass [05178] of all these vessels [03627] was without [03808] weight [04948]. |
| King James | The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Without weight - The Babylonians did not take the trouble to weigh the brass as they did the gold and silver. In the Assyrian monuments there are representations of the weighing of captured articles in gold and silver in the presence of the royal scribes. |