1 Chronicles 29:7

7 They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 ¹darics^[a] of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron.

1 Chronicles 29:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 29:7

And gave for the service of the house of God
For building and adorning it, and providing proper utensils for it:

of gold five thousand talents;
which, according to Scheuchzer ^F12, came to 61,100,000 ducats of gold: and these, with "the 10,000 drachms"; make of our money, according to Brerewood ^F13, 22,507,500 pounds; some reckon a drachm at two ducats and a half, and somewhat more ^F14:

and of silver ten thousand talents;
which, according to the former writer, amounted to 450,000,000 imperials, or rix dollars; and, according to the latter, they made of our money 3,750,000 pounds:

and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand
talents of iron;
the weight of each of which were so much.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 631.)
F13 Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 631.)
F14 Eisenschmidius apud Scheuchzer. ib. p. 635.

1 Chronicles 29:7 In-Context

5 and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself today to the LORD?"

6 Then the leaders of fathers' houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officers over the king's work.

7 They gave for the service of the house of God 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.

8 And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

9 Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 2:69; Ezra 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70-72

Footnotes

• [a]. A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams