namely, (A)three thousand [a]talents of gold, from (B)the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the [b]buildings;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:4 A talent was about 75 lb. or 34 kg
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:4 Lit houses

three thousand talents[a] of gold (gold of Ophir)(A) and seven thousand talents[b] of refined silver,(B) for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:4 That is, about 110 tons or about 100 metric tons
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:4 That is, about 260 tons or about 235 metric tons

Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

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