1 Chronicles 22:14-16
Legacy Standard Bible
14 Now behold, [a]with great pains I have prepared for the house of Yahweh (A)100,000 [b]talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and (B)bronze and iron beyond weight, for [c]they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them. 15 Moreover, there are many of those who do the work with you, hewers of stone and craftsmen of stone and wood, and all men who are [d]wise in every kind of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no number. Arise and work, and may (C)Yahweh be with you.”
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- 1 Chronicles 22:14 Lit in my affliction
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 A talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 Lit it is
- 1 Chronicles 22:15 Or skillful
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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