14 ‘I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents[a] of gold, a million talents[b] of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. 15 You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as those skilled in every kind of work 16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron – craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 3,400 metric tons
  2. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 34,000 metric tons