1 Chronicles 29:6-8
International Standard Version
6 So the leaders of the ancestral households presented their voluntary offerings, as did the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s business. 7 They presented 5,000 gold talents[a] and 10,000 gold darics[b] for the work of the Temple of God, 10,000 silver talents[c], 18,000 bronze talents,[d] and 100,000 iron talents.[e] 8 Whoever owned precious stones gave them to the treasury of the Temple of the Lord, in care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
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- 1 Chronicles 29:7 I.e. about 375,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 I.e. about 156 pounds; a daric weighed about one quarter of an ounce
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 I.e. about 750,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 I.e. about 1,350,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 I.e. about 7,500,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
1 Chronicles 29:6-8
New International Version
6 Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials(A) in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.(B) 7 They(C) gave toward 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. 8 Anyone who had precious stones(D) gave them to the treasury of the temple of the Lord in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite.(E)
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 190 tons or about 170 metric tons
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 185 pounds or about 84 kilograms
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 380 tons or about 340 metric tons
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 675 tons or about 610 metric tons
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 3,800 tons or about 3,400 metric tons
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