and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered. I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels; one hundred talents of gold, twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.
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Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them, and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered. I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels; one hundred talents of gold, twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold. I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers. Watch and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the rooms of Yahweh’s house.”
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and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.
I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels; one hundred talents of gold,
twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.
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And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
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and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered;
I even weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold a hundred talents;
and twenty bowels of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
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- Ezra 7:14-16 (v25) Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God…
- Ezra 8:33 (v25) On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah…
- Ezra 1:8 (v25) even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of…
- Ezra 1:9-11 (v26) This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives, thirty bowls of gold, four…
- Lamentations 4:2 (v27) The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how they are esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
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- 2 Corinthians 8:20-21 (v25) We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us. Having regard for honorable…
- Philippians 4:8 (v25) Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv26–27 Read 1 Kings 9:14.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv25–27 Ezr 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and…
Ezr 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:
Ver. 25. And weighed unto them] Heb. I scaled it out unto them; Cyrus counted it out to Zerubbabel, Ezr 1:1; Ezr 1:9, &c.
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And his lords] Called mighty princes, Ezr 7:28; see Isa 10:8.
And all Israel there present] Heb. There found at that time, or that had found in their purses, found in their hearts.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v27 Heb. desirable as gold; not that it was of…
Heb. desirable as gold; not that it was of equal price and worth with it, but for its incomparable excellency in its kind, and for its great rarity, for which cause there were only two vessels of that sort.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv25–27 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty…
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver,.... Which, according to Scheuchzer (a) amount to 975,000 imperials, and, of our money, 2,229,450 pounds sterling: and silver vessels one hundred talents; which came to 35,300 pounds, or 50,000 imperials; according to Jarchi, there were one hundred vessels, and every vessel weighed a talent, and so Aben Ezra, which, with Brerewood (b), was three hundred and seventy five pounds:
and of gold one hundred talents; which, according to Scheuchzer (c), were equal to 1,222,000 ducats of gold; the value of gold now is above 14 and a 3d to the value of silver, by which may be judged the difference between one hundred talents of gold and one hundred talents of silver; according to David de Pomis (d), there were two sorts of talents; common talents, which weighed sixty pounds, and the talent of the sanctuary, which weighed double to that.
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(a) Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651. (b) De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4. (c) Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651.) (d) Tzemach David, fol. 57. 3.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v26 Verse 26. Silver vessels a hundred talents] That is,…
Verse 26. Silver vessels a hundred talents] That is, The weight of all the silver vessels amounted to one hundred talents; not that there were one hundred vessels of silver, each a talent in weight.
Reckoning in round sums, 650 talents of silver at £450 the talent, amount to £292,500 sterling. Silver vessels, 100 talents, amount to £45,000; gold, 100 talents, at £7,000 per talent, amount to £700,000 independently of the 20 basons of gold, amounting to 1000 drachms. Now the golden drachm or daric was worth about 1£. 2s., therefore these basons were worth £1100; the whole amounting to £1,038,600 sterling. But these different weights and coins are variously computed; some making the silver talent only £353 11s. 10 ½d., and the talent of gold £5057 15s. 1 ½d., calculations which I have elsewhere introduced.
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Two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold] What these were we cannot tell. The Syriac translates [Persian] nechoso corinthio toba, to be vessels of the best Corinthian brass; so called from the brass found after the burning of Corinth by Lucius Mummius, which was brass, copper, gold, and silver, all melted together, as is generally supposed. But it was probably some factitious metal made there, that took the polish and assumed the brightness of gold, and because of its hardness was more durable. There is still a certain factitious metal of this kind, made among the Asiatics. I have seen this metal often made; it is as bright and fine as gold, takes a most exquisite polish, and will scarcely tarnish. I have kept this exposed to every variation of the air, even among old iron, brass, copper, c., for twenty years together, without being scarcely at all oxidized. It requires much art in the making, but the constituent materials are of small value. Vessels of this metal, because of their lustre and durability for ornamental and domestic uses, are in many respects more valuable than gold itself. The only difficulty is to get at first the true colour, which depends on the degree of heat, and the time employed in fusion but there are, however, proper rules to ascertain them. This metal is widely different from the or molu of France and England, is less expensive, and much more valuable.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv25–26 Ezr 8:25. And weighed unto them the silver and…
Ezr 8:25. And weighed unto them the silver and the gold — Because he expected to receive it from them again by weight. In all trusts, but especially sacred ones, we ought to be punctual, and preserve a right understanding on both sides. In Zerubbabel’s time the vessels were delivered by number, here by weight, that all might be forth-coming, and it might easily appear if any were missing.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v27 Twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams -…
Twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams - Not of a thousand drams (i. e., darics) each, but worth altogether a thousand darics. As the value of the daric was about 22 shillings of British money, each basin, or saucer, would have been worth (apart from the fashioning) 55 British pounds.
Of fine copper - The word translated “fine,” which occurs here only, is thought to mean either “yellow” or “glittering” (see the margin). Probably the vessels were of orichalcum, an amalgam which was either brass or something nearly approaching to brass, but which was very rarely produced in the ancient world, and, when produced, was regarded as highly valuable.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv26–27 A hundred. Hebrew adds, "talents," vessels of silver. (Haydock)…
A hundred. Hebrew adds, "talents," vessels of silver. (Haydock) --- Some Rabbins suppose there were only 100, each of this weight, which is not probable. All the silver vessels, of different sizes, weighed 100 talents. There was the same quantity of golden vessels. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v27 two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold--Almost all…
two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold--Almost all commentators agree in maintaining that the vessels referred to were not made of copper, but of an alloy capable of taking on a bright polish, which we think highly probable, as copper was then in common use among the Babylonians, and would not be as precious as gold. This alloy, much esteemed among the Jews, was composed of gold and other metals, which took on a high polish and was not subject to tarnish [NOYES].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv25–27 25. Weighed unto them — Took a careful inventory…
25. Weighed unto them — Took a careful inventory of all the offerings that had been given, and consigned them to their care, that it might be shown at Jerusalem that nothing had been lost or stolen by the way.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv25–27 25. and weighed] Money was still for the most…
25. and weighed] Money was still for the most part reckoned by weight (cf. on Ezr_7:22).
the silver, &c.] The offerings referred to in Ezr_7:15-18, and the vessels given by the king and others Ezr_7:19; Ezr_7:27.
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the offering of the house, &c.] R.V. the offering for the house. A dedicatory offering (t‘rûmah), as is described in Exo_35:24. Literally ‘the offering of’, as in Exo_30:15, ‘the offering of the Lord’, or ‘heave offering unto the Lord’, Num_18:26; Num_18:28-29; Num_31:29; 2Ch_31:14, ‘the oblations of the Lord’. Here ‘the offering of’, i.e. ‘belonging to the house’ is equivalent to ‘the offering for the house.’ The expression does not occur again.
his counsellers] cf. on Ezr_7:14.
his lords] R.V. his princes; as in Ezr_7:28.
and all Israel there present] Literally ‘and all Israel that were found’. A peculiar phrase, occurring also in 1Ch_29:17, ‘thy people which are present here’ (lit. that are found here); 2Ch_5:11, ‘all the priests that were present’ (lit. that were found).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv25, 27 (25) And weighed.—The gold and silver were in bars.…
(25) And weighed.—The gold and silver were in bars. According to the best computation, the silver would amount to a quarter of a million of our money, and the gold to about three-quarters of a million.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv25–27 And weighed unto the the silver, etc. We may…
And weighed unto the the silver, etc. We may gather from this that the silver and gold were in bars or ingots, and not in coined money. The Persians had coined money at this tin. e, but the Treasury kept the bulk of its stores in bars (Herod., 3:96).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v26 650 talents of silver
650 talents of silver
"six hundred and fifty talents of silver." A talent weighs about thirty-three kilograms. You may convert this to a modern measure. AT: "22,000 kilograms of silver" (See: Numbers and Biblical Weight)
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one hundred talents of silver objects
"100 talents of silver objects." You may convert this to a modern measure. AT: "3,300 kilograms of silver objects" (See: Numbers and Biblical Weight)
one hundred talents of gold
"100 talents of gold." You may convert this to a modern measure. AT: "3,300 kilograms of gold" (See: Numbers and Biblical Weight)
one thousand darics
"1,000 darics." A "daric" was a small gold coin that people in the Persian Empire used. You can translate this in terms of the number of coins or their weight. AT: "one thousand Persian gold coins" or "eight and one half kilograms of gold" (See: Numbers and Biblical Money)
bronze vessels
Bronze is a mixture of copper and another metal. It is stronger than pure copper.
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gold
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv25–26 8:25 The items that the leaders were in charge…
8:25 The items that the leaders were in charge of transporting included offerings for the Temple and sacrifices. Because these gifts belonged to God and were holy (8:28), it was necessary that the priests care for them.
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