Ezra 2:69
in Ezra 2According 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
KJV
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
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This verse in Ezra 2
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThreescore and one thousand drams of gold - דרכמונים darkemonim, drakmons or darics; a Persian coin, always of gold, and worth about 1£. 5s., not less than £76,250 sterling in gold. Five thousand pounds of silver - מנים manim, manehs or minas. As a weight, the maneh was 100 shekels; as a coin, 60 shekels in value, or about 9£.; 5000 of these manehs therefore will amount to £45,000, making in the whole a sum of about £120,000; and in this are not included the 100 garments for priests.
This site's exposition
the chief of the fathers
on Ezra 2:68-70
Some of the chief of the fathers give freely at the very ruins of the temple, offering before one stone of the new house is laid, treasure and priestly garments both counted out to the last portion of silver. Matthew Henry reads their coming to the house of the Lord while it still lay in rubble as the mark of true devotion, worship offered to the place before the place itself was rebuilt. The chapter closes with the whole company settled each in his own city, priests, Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims and the rest of Israel, closing the circuit that opened with the province going up to its own city in verse 1.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
on Ezra 2:68-69
That they came to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and yet that house, that holy and beautiful house, was now in ruins, a heap of rubbish. But, like their father Abraham, when the altar was gone they came with devotion to the place of the altar ( Gen. xiii. 4 ); and it is the character of the genuine sons of Zion that they favour even the dust thereof, Ps. cii.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּכֹחָ֗ם | kekhocham | according to ability their | H3581 → | |
| נָתְנוּ֮ | natenu | they gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְאוֹצַ֣ר | leotzar | to [the] treasury of | H214 → | |
| הַמְּלָאכָה֒ | hamelakhah | the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| זָהָ֗ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙ | darkemonim | drachmas | H1871 → | |
| שֵׁשׁ־ | shesh- | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| רִבֹּ֣אות | ribot | ten thousands | H7239 → | |
| וָאֶ֔לֶף ס | vaelef | and one thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְכֶ֕סֶף | vekhesef | and silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מָנִ֖ים | manim | minas | H4488 → | |
| חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת | chameshet | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אֲלָפִ֑ים | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| וְכָתְנֹ֥ת | vekhatenot | and tunics of | H3801 → | |
| כֹּהֲנִ֖ים | kohanim | priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מֵאָֽה׃ ס | meah | one hundred | H3967 → | 581 times |
כְּכֹחָ֗םaccording to ability their
kekhochamH3581 →
נָתְנוּ֮they gave
natenuH5414 →2011 times
לְאוֹצַ֣רto [the] treasury of
leotzarH214 →
הַמְּלָאכָה֒the work
hamelakhahH4399 →167 times
זָהָ֗בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙drachmas
darkemonimH1871 →
שֵׁשׁ־six
shesh-H8337 →216 times
רִבֹּ֣אותten thousands
ribotH7239 →
וָאֶ֔לֶף סand one thousand
vaelefH505 →505 times
וְכֶ֕סֶףand silver
vekhesefH3701 →403 times
מָנִ֖יםminas
manimH4488 →
חֲמֵ֣שֶׁתfive
chameshetH2568 →343 times
אֲלָפִ֑יםthousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
וְכָתְנֹ֥תand tunics of
vekhatenotH3801 →
כֹּהֲנִ֖יםpriests
kohanimH3548 →750 times
מֵאָֽה׃ סone hundred
meahH3967 →581 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 7:51So 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…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 5:1
So all the work that 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 all the furnishings—and…
- 2 Samuel 8:7–11
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 18:10–11
he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver…
- 1 Chronicles 29:2–8
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for…
- 2 Chronicles 5:1
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
- 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,
- 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 22:3
About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.