1 Chronicles 29:4
in 1 Chronicles 29three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
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ASV
even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses;
KJV
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 millions of our money; but as the gold would probably exceed in value thirty millions, we may suspect an error in the words “three thousand.”
This site's exposition
my personal treasures of gold and silver
on 1 Chronicles 29:3-5
Beyond the provision already listed, David gives his “personal treasures of gold and silver”. He gives them, he says, “because of my delight in the house of my God”. The question follows, “who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today”, and that appeal opens the freewill offering.
This site's exposition
three thousand talents of gold
David gave 3,000 talents of Ophir gold and 7,000 talents of refined silver for the walls. Albert Barnes accepts the silver as likely. He suspects a copyist's error in the gold, which he valued at over thirty million pounds of his day.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and this because he had set his affection on the house of his God. He gave all this, not as Papists build churches, in commutation of penance, or to make atonement for sin, nor as Pharisees give alms, to be seen of men; but purely because he loved the habitation of God's house; so he professed ( Ps. xxvi.
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The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת | sheloshet | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אֲלָפִ֛ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| כִּכְּרֵ֥י | kikerei | talents of | H3603 → | 68 times |
| זָהָ֖ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| מִזְּהַ֣ב | mizehav | from [the] gold of | H2091 → | 389 times |
| אוֹפִ֑יר | ʾofir | Ophir | H211 → | |
| וְשִׁבְעַ֨ת | veshivat | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| אֲלָפִ֤ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| כִּכַּר־ | kikar- | talent[s] of | H3603 → | 68 times |
| כֶּ֙סֶף֙ | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מְזֻקָּ֔ק | mezukak | purified | H2212 → | |
| לָט֖וּחַ | latuach | to overlay | H2902 → | |
| קִיר֥וֹת | kirot | [the] walls of | H7023 → | |
| הַבָּתִּֽים׃ | habatim | the houses | H1004 → | 2046 times |
שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁתthree
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
אֲלָפִ֛יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
כִּכְּרֵ֥יtalents of
kikereiH3603 →68 times
זָהָ֖בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
מִזְּהַ֣בfrom [the] gold of
mizehavH2091 →389 times
אוֹפִ֑ירOphir
ʾofirH211 →
וְשִׁבְעַ֨תand seven
veshivatH7651 →394 times
אֲלָפִ֤יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
כִּכַּר־talent[s] of
kikar-H3603 →68 times
כֶּ֙סֶף֙silver
kesefH3701 →403 times
מְזֻקָּ֔קpurified
mezukakH2212 →
לָט֖וּחַto overlay
latuachH2902 →
קִיר֥וֹת[the] walls of
kirotH7023 →
הַבָּתִּֽים׃the houses
habatimH1004 →2046 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 9:28They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
it leads to
- Psalms 45:9
The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 13:12
I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 8:18
So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to…
- Job 28:16
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
- Psalms 45:9
Through
1 Chronicles 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:3
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
- 2 Kings 25:16
As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
- 1 Kings 10:14
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
- 1 Chronicles 29:4–7
three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
- 1 Chronicles 22:3
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.