1 Chronicles 29:7 BSB

1 Chronicles 29:7

Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

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ASV

and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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, however, that the Jews possessed darics in David’s time: the writer wished to express, in language that would be intelligible to his readers, the value of the gold subscribed, and therefore he translated the terms employed in his documents, whatever they were, into terms that were in use in his own day.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It is estimated as equal in value to 25s. of British currency. of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron--In Scripture, iron is always referred to as an article of comparatively low value, and of greater abundance and cheaper than bronze [NAPIER].

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיִּתְּנ֞וּ	vai.yi.te.Nu	and they gave	H5414 →
לַעֲבוֹדַ֣ת	la.'a.vo.Dat	for [the] service of	H5656 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
זָהָ֞ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
כִּכָּרִ֣ים	ki.ka.Rim	talents	H3603 →
חֲמֵֽשֶׁת־	cha.me.shet-	five	H2568 →
אֲלָפִים֮	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →
וַאֲדַרְכֹנִ֣ים	va.'a.dar.kho.Nim	and darics	H150 →
רִבּוֹ֒	ri.Bo	ten thousand	H7239 →
וְכֶ֗סֶף	ve.Khe.sef	and silver	H3701 →
כִּכָּרִים֙	ki.ka.Rim	talents	H3603 →
עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת	'a.Se.ret	ten	H6235 →
אֲלָפִ֔ים	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →
וּנְחֹ֕שֶׁת	u.ne.Cho.shet	and bronze	H5178 →
רִבּ֛וֹ	ri.Bo	ten thousand	H7239 →
וּשְׁמוֹנַ֥ת	u.she.mo.Nat	and eight	H8083 →
אֲלָפִ֖ים	'a.la.Fim	thousand<s>	H505 →
כִּכָּרִ֑ים	ki.ka.Rim	talents	H3603 →
וּבַרְזֶ֖ל	u.var.Zel	and iron	H1270 →
מֵֽאָה־	me.'ah-	one hundred	H3967 →
אֶ֥לֶף	'E.lef	thousand	H505 →
כִּכָּרִֽים׃	ki.ka.Rim	talents	H3603 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Ezra 2:69
According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.
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- Ezra 8:25–34
  and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our…
- 1 Chronicles 26:20–28
  Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- Nehemiah 7:71–72
  And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
- 1 Kings 7:51
  So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and…
- 1 Chronicles 22:14
  Now 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…

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