⁶ Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials^(A) in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.^{(B) 7} They^(C) 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. ⁸ Anyone who had precious stones^(D) gave them to the treasury of the temple of the Lord in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite.^(E)

⁶⁸ When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families^(A) gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.