Lìdaìzhìshàng 29:4

4 Jiù shì éfĕi jīn sān qiā tā lián dé , jīng liàn de yínzi qī qiā tā lián dé , yǐ tiē diàn qiáng .

Lìdaìzhìshàng 29:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:4

Even three thousand talents of gold
Which, according to Scheuchzer ^F3, amount to 36,660,000 ducats of gold; and, according to Brerewood ^F4, to 13,500,000 pounds of our money:

of the gold of Ophir;
which was reckoned the best gold; not Ophir in India, which was not known till Solomon's time, but in Arabia, as Bochart ^F5 has shown; so Eupolemus ^F6, an Heathen writer, says, that David having built ships at Achan, a city of Arabia, sent miners to Urphe (supposed to be the same with Ophir) in the island of the Red sea,(See Gill on :) and that he was able to give so great a sum out of his own substance, Dr. Prideaux ^F7 thinks, can only be accounted for by his great returns from this traffic; since these 3000 talents, according to him, amounted to 21,600,000 pounds sterling:

and seven thousand talents of refined silver;
amounting, according to Scheuchzer ^F8, to 31,500,000 imperials, or rix dollars; and, according to Brerewood ^F9, to 2,625,000 pounds of our money:

to overlay the walls of the houses withal;
the gold was to overlay the walls of the holy and most holy place, the silver to overlay the walls of the chambers built around the temple.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 631.
F4 De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 5.
F5 Phaleg. l. 2. c. 27. col. 140.
F6 Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 30. p. 447.
F7 Connection, par. 1. p. 5, 6.
F8 Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 631.)
F9 Ut supra. (De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 5.)

Lìdaìzhìshàng 29:4 In-Context

2 Wǒ wèi wǒ shén de diàn yǐjing jìnlì , yùbeì jīnzi zuò jīnqì , yínzi zuò yínqì , tóng zuò tóng qì , tiĕ zuò tiĕ qì , mù zuò mù qì , hái yǒu hóngmǎnǎo kĕ xiāngqiàn de bǎoshí , cǎi shí hé yīqiè de bǎoshí , bìng xǔduō hàn bái yù .

3 Qiĕ yīn wǒ xīn zhōng aì mù wǒ shén de diàn , jiù zaì yùbeì jiànzào shèng diàn de cái liào zhī waì , yòu jiāng wǒ zìjǐ jīxù de jīn yín xiànshang , jiànzào wǒ shén de diàn ,

4 Jiù shì éfĕi jīn sān qiā tā lián dé , jīng liàn de yínzi qī qiā tā lián dé , yǐ tiē diàn qiáng .

5 Jīnzi zuò jīnqì , yínzi zuò yínqì , bìng jiè jiàngrén de shǒu zhìzào yīqiè . jīnrì yǒu shuí lèyì jiāng zìjǐ xiàn gĕi Yēhéhuá ne .

6 Yúshì , zhòng zúzhǎng hé Yǐsèliè gè zhīpaì de shǒulǐng , qiā fú zhǎng , bǎifūzhǎng , bìng jiān guǎn wáng gōng de guān zhǎng , dōu lèyì xiànshang .