Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
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Gill's Exposition
Even three thousand talents of gold,.... Which, according to Scheuchzer (c), amount to 36,660,000 ducats of gold; and, according to Brerewood (d), to 13,500,000 pounds of our money:
of the gold of…
Barnes' Notes
The numbers here have also suffered to some extent from the carelessness of copyists (compare the 1Ch 22:14 note). The amount of silver is not indeed improbable, since its value would not exceed three…
We may here observe,
I. How handsomely David spoke to the great men of Israel, to engage them to contribute towards the building of the temple. It is our duty to provoke one another to love and to…
Cambridge Bible
gold of Ophir Solomon brought much gold from Ophir. (2Ch 8:18; 2Ch 9:10 = 1Ki 9:28; 1Ki 10:11), which is probably to be identified with some part of the south-east coast of Arabia. LXX. gives Σουφεὶρ,…