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They gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics[a] of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. Anyone who possessed stones gave them to the treasury of the House of the Lord, which was under the control of Jehiel the Gershonite. The people rejoiced over their willing giving, since with an undivided heart they had offered freely to the Lord. King David also was very joyful.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:7 A daric is a unit of weight that appears in post-exilic books. It is apparently a Persian term, equal to the Greek drachma, perhaps a third of an ounce. It is also the name for the standard gold coin of the Persian Empire.