for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now, who is willing to consecrate themselves to the Lord today?’

Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. They gave towards the work on the temple of God five thousand talents[a] and ten thousand darics[b] of gold, ten thousand talents[c] of silver, eighteen thousand talents[d] of bronze and a hundred thousand talents[e] of iron.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 170 metric tons
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 84 kilograms
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 340 metric tons
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 610 metric tons
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 3,400 metric tons