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Ezra 8:26

in Ezra 8

I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, articles of silver weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold a hundred talents;

KJV

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;

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This verse in Ezra 8

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Silver vessels a hundred talents - That is, The weight of all the silver vessels amounted to one hundred talents; not that there were one hundred vessels of silver, each a talent in weight. Reckoning in round sums, 650 talents of silver at £450 the talent, amount to £292,500 sterling. Silver vessels, 100 talents, amount to £45,000; gold, 100 talents, at £7,000 per talent, amount to £700,000 independently of the 20 basons of gold, amounting to 1000 drachms. Now the golden drachm or daric was worth about 1£.

This site's exposition

twelve of the leading priests

on Ezra 8:24-27

Ezra sets apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, as a watch over the treasure. He weighs into their hands 650 talents of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents, and 100 talents of gold. Every amount is weighed at the handover.

This site's exposition

articles of silver weighing 100 talents

Adam Clarke takes the 100 talents of silver articles as the weight of all the vessels together, one total for the set. He priced the 650 talents of silver at £292,500 in the money of his day. The gold came to £700,000.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests . . . and weighed unto them the silver, &c.--The custody of the contributions and of the sacred vessels was, during the journey, committed to twelve of the chief priests, who, with the assistance of ten of their brethren, were to watch closely over them by the way, and deliver them into the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וָאֶשְׁקֲלָ֨הand I weighed out !

    vaeshkalahH8254 →22 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יָדָ֜םhand their

    yadamH3027 →1618 times

  • כֶּ֗סֶףsilver

    kesefH3701 →403 times

  • כִּכָּרִים֙talents

    kikarimH3603 →68 times

  • שֵֽׁשׁ־six

    shesh-H8337 →216 times

  • מֵא֣וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • וַחֲמִשִּׁ֔יםand fifty

    vachamishimH2572 →163 times

  • וּכְלֵי־and vessels of

    ukhelei-H3627 →325 times

  • כֶ֥סֶףsilver

    khesefH3701 →403 times

  • מֵאָ֖הone hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • לְכִכָּרִ֑יםof talents

    lekhikarimH3603 →68 times

  • זָהָ֖בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • מֵאָ֥הone hundred

    meahH3967 →581 times

  • כִכָּֽר׃talent[s]

    khikarH3603 →68 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

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Where this verse is studied

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About Ezra

Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra: the study guide →Read Ezra 8 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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