Now (A)with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, wood for the things of wood, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

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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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Footnotes

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

and for the service of the house of God they gave five thousand talents and ten thousand [a](A)darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:7 A coin weighing about 0.25 oz. or 7 gm

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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Footnotes

  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