And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
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Gill's Exposition
And gave for the service of the house of God,.... For building and adorning it, and providing proper utensils for it:
of gold five thousand talents; which, according to Scheuchzer (l), came to…
Barnes' Notes
The word here translated “dram” is regarded by most critics as the Hebrew equivalent of the Persian “daric,” or ordinary gold coin, worth about 22 shillings of British money (circa 1880’s). Not,…
Adam Clarke
Of gold five thousand talents - These, at five thousand and seventy-five pounds, fifteen shillings, and seven pence halfpenny each, amount to twenty-five millions, three hundred and seventy-eight…
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
five thousand talents i.e. of uncoined gold by weight.
ten thousand drams R.V. ten thousand darics. A daricwas a Persian gold coin worth about 22 shillings. The translation of A.V. drams(i.e. drachmæ)…