1 Chronicles 18:10

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 

1 Chronicles 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ⁵  I have stored up 100,000 talents ⁶  of gold, 1,000,000 ⁷  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 ⁸  and ten thousand darics ⁹  of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

[18:10]  ¹ tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

[18:10]  ² tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[18:10]  ³ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”

[18:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

[22:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

[22:14]  ⁶ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[22:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[29:7]  ⁹ 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.

[29:7]  ¹⁰ 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.