So to the best of my ability I’ve made provision for the house of my God:(A) gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx, stones for mounting,[a] antimony,[b](B) stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and a great quantity of marble.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:2 Or mosaic
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:2 In Hb, the word antimony is similar to “turquoise”; Ex 28:18.

With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold(A) for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise,[a](B) stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities.(C)

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

For the service of God’s house they gave 185 tons[a] of gold and 10,000 gold coins,[b](A) 375 tons[c] of silver, 675 tons[d] of bronze, and 4,000 tons[e] of iron.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:7 Lit 5,000 talents
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:7 Or drachmas, or darics
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:7 Lit 10,000 talents
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:7 Lit 18,000 talents
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:7 Lit 100,000 talents

They(A) gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents[a] and ten thousand darics[b] of gold, ten thousand talents[c] of silver, eighteen thousand talents[d] of bronze and a hundred thousand talents[e] of iron.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 190 tons or about 170 metric tons
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 185 pounds or about 84 kilograms
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 380 tons or about 340 metric tons
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 675 tons or about 610 metric tons
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 3,800 tons or about 3,400 metric tons