1 Chronicles 28:16

28:16 for the gold used in the display tables, including the amount to be used in each table, for the silver to be used in the silver tables,

1 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?”

1 Chronicles 22:16

22:16 in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. ¹  Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”

1 Chronicles 29:2

29:2 So I have made every effort ²  to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, ³  as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

1 Chronicles 28:14-15

28:14 He gave him ⁴  the prescribed weight for all the gold items to be used in various types of service in the Lord’s temple, for all the silver items to be used in various types of service, ⁵  28:15 for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand,

1 Chronicles 28:17

28:17 for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl,

1 Chronicles 29:3-4

29:3 Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple. 29:4 This includes 3,000 talents ⁶  of gold from Ophir and 7,000 talents of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings,

1 Chronicles 18:10-11

18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ⁷  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁸  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁹  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ¹⁰  18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, ¹¹  along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including ¹²  Edom, ¹³  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

1 Chronicles 19:6

19:6 When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, ¹⁴  Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents ¹⁵  of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah, and Zobah. ¹⁶ 

1 Chronicles 21:22

21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor ¹⁷  so I can build ¹⁸  on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price ¹⁹  – so that the plague may be removed ²⁰  from the people.”

1 Chronicles 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. ²¹  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice ²²  that cost me nothing. ²³ 

1 Chronicles 22:14

22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. ²⁴  I have stored up 100,000 talents ²⁵  of gold, 1,000,000 ²⁶  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 ²⁷  and ten thousand darics ²⁸  of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

[22:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and every kind of skilled one in all work, concerning gold, concerning silver, and concerning bronze, and concerning iron, there is no numbering.”

[29:2]  ¹ tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”

[29:2]  ² tn Heb “the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, and the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood.”

[28:14]  ¹ tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[28:14]  ² tn Heb “for the gold, by the weight, for the gold, for all the items of service and service, for all the items of silver by weight for all the items of service and service.”

[29:4]  ¹ 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, David had supplied 101 tons (91,800 kg) of gold and 235.5 tons (214,200 kg) of silver.

[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.”

[18:11]  ¹ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

[18:11]  ² tn Heb “from.”

[18:11]  ³ 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).

[19:6]  ¹ tn Heb “that they were a stench [i.e., disgusting] with David.”

[19:6]  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 Ammonites hired chariots and charioteers for about 33.7 tons (30,600 kg) of silver.

[19:6]  ³ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:6 has “Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah.”

[21:22]  ¹ tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

[21:22]  ² tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

[21:22]  ³ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

[21:22]  ⁴ tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.

[21:24]  ¹ tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[21:24]  ² tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

[21:24]  ³ tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”

[22:14]  ¹ tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the Lord.”

[22:14]  ² tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[22:14]  ³ tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”

[29:7]  ¹ 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]  ² 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.