1 Chronicles 22:14-16
English Standard Version Anglicised
14 With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord (A)100,000 talents[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and (B)bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add. 15 You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working 16 gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! (C)The Lord be with you!”
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- 1 Chronicles 22:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
1 Chronicles 22:14-16
New International Version
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.(A) 15 You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters,(B) as well as those skilled in every kind of work 16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen(C) beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.”
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 3,750 tons or about 3,400 metric tons
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 37,500 tons or about 34,000 metric tons
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