And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright bronze.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fine brass (aurichalco.) Some pretended that gold was mixed with this sort of brass. But Pliny ( xxxiv. 2.) informs us that it came out of the mines, without dross.
Hebrew, "polished (or refined) brass. "(Calmet)
It might resemble the Corinthian brass. (Menochius)
