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1 Chronicles 22:14

King James Version (KJV)

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1 Chronicles 22:14

Verse 14 of 19

Scripture focus

Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

1 Chronicles 22:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 22:14

Theological / Devotional

An hundred thousand. The amounts here given seem extraordinarily large. The weight of a talent varied, but was probably about 75 lb. avoirdupois. That would make about 3,770 tons of gold and 37,700 tons of silver. It is possible that such terms as “a hundred thousand” or “a thousand thousand” were employed to convey the idea of numbers that were very large but were not necessarily intended to be taken literally (see v. 16; see pp. 122, 123).

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