1 Chronicles29chapter 29

David gives from his own treasure first and then asks the question that makes the whole scene work: 'Who then is willing to consecrate his service this day to the LORD?' The leaders answer, and the writer lists what came in — gold, silver, bronze, iron, and precious stones handed to the keeper of the treasury.

One unit in that list is a small window into the writer's own day. Alongside the ancient talents he names darics, a Persian gold coin first struck in the reign of Darius, centuries after David. That is not an error; it is a translation. The old weights meant nothing to a farmer in Persian Yehud, so the amounts were converted into the money in his pocket, the way an old sum is quoted in today's currency.

Gold 'of Ophir' names a real source. Ophir was a trading destination reached by sea from the Gulf of Aqaba, most likely on the Arabian or East African coast, and a shipping label found at an Israelite site records a consignment of 'gold of Ophir' — the phrase was a grade, like a hallmark.

Solomon is then anointed 'a second time,' and Zadok anointed as priest alongside him. The first anointing, and the palace crisis that forced it, belongs to the account in Kings; here the writer shows only the public, orderly ceremony in which all Israel obeyed and the officials and even David's other sons submitted.