1 Tawarikh 22:16

22:16 in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. ¹  Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

1 Tawarikh 22:3

22:3 David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,

1 Tawarikh 29:7

29:7 They donated for the service of God’s temple 5,000 talents ²  and ten thousand darics ³  of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

1 Tawarikh 29:2

29:2 So I have made every effort ⁴  to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, ⁵  as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

1 Tawarikh 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ⁶  I have stored up 100,000 talents ⁷  of gold, 1,000,000 ⁸  talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

1 Tawarikh 20:3

20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. ⁹  This was his policy ¹⁰  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

1 Tawarikh 29:6

29:6 The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king’s work contributed willingly.

[22:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and every kind of skilled one in all work, concerning gold, concerning silver, and concerning bronze, and concerning iron, there is no numbering.”

[29:7]  ² tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, the people donated 168.3 tons (153,000 kg) of gold, 336.5 tons (306,000 kg) of silver, 605.7 tons (550,800 kg) of bronze, and 3,365 tons (3,060,000 kg) of iron.

[29:7]  ³ tn On the “daric” as a unit of measure, see BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן. Some have regarded the daric as a minted coin, perhaps even referring to the Greek drachma, but this is less likely.

[29:7]  sn The daric was a unit of weight perhaps equal to between 8 and 9 grams (just under one-third of an ounce), so 10,000 darics of gold would weigh between 80 and 90 kilograms (between 176 and 198 pounds).

[29:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”

[29:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, and the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood.”

[22:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

[22:14]  ⁷ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[22:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[20:3]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).

[20:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and so he would do.”