4:7 He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left.
1 tn Heb “and he brought the holy things of his father and his holy things [into] the house of God, silver, gold, and items.”
1 tn Or “a fine.”
2 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).