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With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities.
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Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple:
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three thousand talents of gold (gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings,
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for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now, who is willing to consecrate themselves to the LORD today?”
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Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.
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They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
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The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
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“Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled workers, whom my father David provided.
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The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits long across the width of the building and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
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He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.
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He adorned the temple with precious stones. And the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.
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He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
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He built the Most Holy Place, its length corresponding to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
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The gold nails weighed fifty shekels. He also overlaid the upper parts with gold.
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For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold.
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Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God’s temple: the golden altar; the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;
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the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
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the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);
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the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
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When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind.
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Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her.
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When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, as well as the palace he had built,
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the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.
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She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true.
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But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard.
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How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
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Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the LORD your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”
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Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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(The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon brought gold from Ophir; they also brought algumwood and precious stones.
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The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)
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King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
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The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,
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not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
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He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
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Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.
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The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.
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Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.
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All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day.
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The king had a fleet of trading ships manned by Hiram’s servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.
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King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
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All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
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Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.
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Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
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He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
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The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
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He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
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Asa then took the silver and gold out of the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and of his own palace and sent it to Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.
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When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada, and with it were made articles for the LORD’s temple: articles for the service and for the burnt offerings, and also dishes and other objects of gold and silver. As long as Jehoiada lived, burnt offerings were presented continually in the temple of the LORD.
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He also hired a hundred thousand fighting men from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
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Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver and gold and for his precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuables.
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And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.’ ”
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Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
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All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.
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Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.
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Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
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This was the inventory:
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gold bowls, 30 matching silver bowls, 410 other articles, 1,000
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In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these along with the exiles when they came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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He even removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon. Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor,
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Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; they are to be deposited in the house of God.
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Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
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together with all the silver and gold you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem.
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With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and sacrifice them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.
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You and your fellow Israelites may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God.
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and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God.
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I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
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20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics, and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
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I said to them, “You as well as these articles are consecrated to the LORD. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your ancestors.
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Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.”
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Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
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Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls and 530 garments for priests.
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Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
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The total given by the rest of the people was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver and 67 garments for priests.
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The garden had hangings of white and blue linen, fastened with cords of white linen and purple material to silver rings on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones.
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If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”
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with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
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and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,
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then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.
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But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
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But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
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No mortal comprehends its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
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The deep says, “It is not in me”; the sea says, “It is not with me.”
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It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
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It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
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Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.
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And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven times.
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They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.
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Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”
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He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold, and from among their tribes no one faltered.
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The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
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Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,
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The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands.
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and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
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for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
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Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,
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My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.
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The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
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How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.
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A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
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Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
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Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.
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Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
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I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and a harem as well—the delights of a man’s heart.
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Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well,
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We will make you earrings of gold, studded with silver.
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Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior inlaid with love. Daughters of Jerusalem,
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His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.