They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 (A)darics[a] of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron. And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of (B)Jehiel the Gershonite. Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a (C)whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 29:7 A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams

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