1 Chronicles 18:10-11

18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ¹  to King David to extend his best wishes ²  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ³  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ⁴  18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, ⁵  along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including ⁶  Edom, ⁷  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

1 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king ⁸  and wore it ⁹  (its weight was a talent ¹⁰  of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

1 Chronicles 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ¹¹  I have stored up 100,000 talents ¹²  of gold, 1,000,000 ¹³  talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

1 Chronicles 29:7

29:7 They donated for the service of God’s temple 5,000 talents ¹⁴  and ten thousand darics ¹⁵  of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

¹ tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

² tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

³ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”

⁴ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

⁵ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

⁶ tn Heb “from.”

⁷ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac of 2 Sam 8:12 read “Edom” in agreement with 1 Chr 18:11 (cf. 2 Sam 8:14).

⁹ tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”

¹¹ sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

¹³ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

¹⁴ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

¹⁵ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

¹⁷ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, the people donated 168.3 tons (153,000 kg) of gold, 336.5 tons (306,000 kg) of silver, 605.7 tons (550,800 kg) of bronze, and 3,365 tons (3,060,000 kg) of iron.

¹⁸ tn On the “daric” as a unit of measure, see BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן. Some have regarded the daric as a minted coin, perhaps even referring to the Greek drachma, but this is less likely.