1 Chronicles 29:7
New International Version
They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

New Living Translation
For the construction of the Temple of God, they gave about 188 tons of gold, 10,000 gold coins, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 3,750 tons of iron.

English Standard Version
They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron.

Berean Standard Bible
Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

King James Bible
And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

New King James Version
They gave for the work of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

New American Standard Bible
and for the service of the house of God they gave five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

NASB 1995
and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron.

NASB 1977
and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron.

Legacy Standard Bible
and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron.

Amplified Bible
and gave for the service of the house of God: 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

Christian Standard Bible
For the service of God’s house they gave 185 tons of gold and 10,000 gold coins, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 4,000 tons of iron.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the service of God’s house they gave 185 tons of gold and 10,000 gold coins, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 4,000 tons of iron.

American Standard Version
and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they gave for the ministry of the house of LORD JEHOVAH five thousand talents of gold, and two hundred thousand talents fine tin for pipes, and twenty thousand talents silver, and Corinthian brass, seventy thousand talents, and iron, a hundred thousand talents.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold pieces, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

Contemporary English Version
for the temple. These gifts included more than 170 tons of gold, over 340 tons of silver, 620 tons of bronze, and more than 3,400 tons of iron.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord, of gold, five thousand talents, and ten thousand solids: of silver ten thousand talents: and of brass eighteen thousand talents: and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

English Revised Version
and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They gave 375,186 pounds of gold, 750,000 pounds of silver, 135,000 pounds of bronze, and 7,500,000 pounds of iron for the work on God's temple.

Good News Translation
the following for the work on the Temple: 190 tons of gold, 380 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 3,750 tons of iron.

International Standard Version
They presented 5,000 gold talents and 10,000 gold darics for the work of the Temple of God, 10,000 silver talents , 18,000 bronze talents, and 100,000 iron talents.

JPS Tanakh 1917
and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

Literal Standard Version
And they give for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand drams of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron;

Majority Standard Bible
Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

New American Bible
and contributed for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

NET Bible
They donated for the service of God's temple 5,000 talents and ten thousand darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

New Revised Standard Version
They gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

New Heart English Bible
and they gave for the service of God's house of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of bronze eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

Webster's Bible Translation
And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

World English Bible
and they gave for the service of God’s house of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, of silver ten thousand talents, of bronze eighteen thousand talents, and of iron one hundred thousand talents.

Young's Literal Translation
And they give for the service of the house of God, of gold -- talents five thousand, and drams a myriad; and of silver -- talents ten thousand, and of brass -- a myriad and eight thousand talents; and of iron -- a hundred thousand talents;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Offerings for the Temple
6Then the leaders of the households, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. 7Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron. 8Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.…

Cross References
Matthew 18:24
As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

1 Chronicles 22:3
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed

Ezra 2:69
According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.

Nehemiah 7:70
Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.


Treasury of Scripture

And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

Jump to Previous
Brass Bronze Darics Drams Eighteen Five Gold House Hundred Iron Service Silver Talents Temple Ten Thousand Work
Jump to Next
Brass Bronze Darics Drams Eighteen Five Gold House Hundred Iron Service Silver Talents Temple Ten Thousand Work
1 Chronicles 29
1. David, by his example and entreaty
6. causes the princes and people to offer willingly
10. David's thanksgiving and prayer
20. The people, having blessed God, and sacrificed, make Solomon king.
26. David's reign and death














(7) And gave . . . of gold.--And they gave . . . gold, five thousand talents; between thirty and forty millions sterling (!).

Ten thousand drams.--Rather, Darics. The Daric (Greek, ????????) was a Persian gold coin, value about 1 2s., first struck by the great Darius, son of Hystaspes (B.C. 521-485). It remained current in Western Asia long after the fall of the Persian Empire. The Hebrew word ('?darkonim) occurs again only once, viz., at Ezra 8:27, where it clearly means Darics, and is so rendered by the Syriac (d?rik-ne). The darkon (or darbon) is mentioned in the Talmud as a Persian coin. The chronicler, or his authority, has evidently substituted a familiar modern term for some ancient expression of value. No real coins are mentioned in Scripture before the age of the exile.

Silver ten thousand talents.--About 4,000,000 in modern value (see 1Kings 10:21; 1Kings 10:27); or, according to Schrader, who argues from Assyrian data, 3,750,000. The value of the bronze and the iron must have been much greater then than now. (See Note on 1Chronicles 22:14.)

Verse 7. - The Authorized Version translation drams occurs also twice in Ezra and twice in Nehemiah. There is no doubt that the coin referred to is the Persian daric, with which the Jews became familiar during the time of their exile. The Hebrew word appears in three different forms.

1. As אֲדַרְכְּמון; here and Ezra 8:27.

2. As דַּרְכְּמון; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:70-72.

3. As דַּכְרוֹן; in rabbinical writings, but not in Scripture. . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Toward the service
לַעֲבוֹדַ֣ת (la·‘ă·ḇō·w·ḏaṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5656: Work of any kind

of God’s
הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

they gave
וַֽיִּתְּנ֞וּ (way·yit·tə·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

5,000 {}
חֲמֵֽשֶׁת־ (ḥă·mê·šeṯ-)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2568: Five

talents
כִּכָּרִ֣ים (kik·kā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

and 10,000
רִבּוֹ֒ (rib·bōw)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7239: A myriad, large number

darics
וַאֲדַרְכֹנִ֣ים (wa·’ă·ḏar·ḵō·nîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 150: A daric, Persian coin

of gold,
זָהָ֞ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

10,000 {}
עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת (‘ă·śe·reṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6235: Ten

talents
כִּכָּרִים֙ (kik·kā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

of silver,
וְכֶ֗סֶף (wə·ḵe·sep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

18,000 {}
רִבּ֛וֹ (rib·bōw)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7239: A myriad, large number

talents
כִּכָּרִ֑ים (kik·kā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

of bronze,
וּנְחֹ֕שֶׁת (ū·nə·ḥō·šeṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5178: Copper, something made of that metal, coin, a fetter, base

and 100,000
מֵֽאָה־ (mê·’āh-)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3967: A hundred

talents
כִּכָּרִֽים׃ (kik·kā·rîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)

of iron.
וּבַרְזֶ֖ל (ū·ḇar·zel)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1270: Iron, an iron implement


Links
1 Chronicles 29:7 NIV
1 Chronicles 29:7 NLT
1 Chronicles 29:7 ESV
1 Chronicles 29:7 NASB
1 Chronicles 29:7 KJV

1 Chronicles 29:7 BibleApps.com
1 Chronicles 29:7 Biblia Paralela
1 Chronicles 29:7 Chinese Bible
1 Chronicles 29:7 French Bible
1 Chronicles 29:7 Catholic Bible

OT History: 1 Chronicles 29:7 And they gave for the service (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)
1 Chronicles 29:6
Top of Page
Top of Page