1 Chronicles 29:6-7

29:6 The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king’s work contributed willingly. 29:7 They donated for the service of God’s temple 5,000 talents ¹  and ten thousand darics ²  of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

1 Chronicles 29:2

29:2 So I have made every effort ³  to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, ⁴  as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

1 Chronicles 24:9-14

24:9 the fifth to Malkijah,

the sixth to Mijamin,

24:10 the seventh to Hakkoz,

the eighth to Abijah,

24:11 the ninth to Jeshua,

the tenth to Shecaniah,

24:12 the eleventh to Eliashib,

the twelfth to Jakim,

24:13 the thirteenth to Huppah,

the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

24:14 the fifteenth to Bilgah,

the sixteenth to Immer,

Ezra 2:68-69

2:68 When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders ⁵  offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild ⁶  it on its site. 2:69 As they were able, ⁷  they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas ⁸  of gold, 5,000 minas ⁹  of silver, and 100 priestly robes. ¹⁰ 

Nehemiah 7:70-72

7:70 Some of the family leaders ¹¹  contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, ¹²  50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments. 7:71 Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas. 7:72 What the rest of the people gave amounted to 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments.

Isaiah 60:9

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ¹³  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ¹⁴  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ¹⁵ 

the Holy One of Israel, ¹⁶  for he has bestowed honor on you.

Isaiah 60:13

60:13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,

its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,

to beautify my palace; ¹⁷ 

I will bestow honor on my throne room. ¹⁸ 

Matthew 2:11

2:11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down ¹⁹  and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, ²⁰  and myrrh. ²¹ 

Mark 12:41-44

The Widow’s Offering

12:41 Then ²²  he ²³  sat down opposite the offering box, ²⁴  and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts. 12:42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, ²⁵  worth less than a penny. 12:43 He called his disciples and said to them, “I tell you the truth, ²⁶  this poor widow has put more into the offering box ²⁷  than all the others. ²⁸  12:44 For they all gave out of their wealth. ²⁹  But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had.” ³⁰ 

[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.

[29:2]  ³ tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”

[29:2]  ⁴ 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.”

[2:68]  ⁵ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[2:68]  ⁶ tn Heb “cause it to stand.”

[2:69]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to their strength.”

[2:69]  ⁸ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים (darkÿmonim, cf. Neh 7:69, 70, 71) is uncertain. It may be a Greek loanword meaning “drachmas” (the view adopted here and followed also by NAB, NASB, NIV) or a Persian loanword “daric,” referring to a Persian gold coin (BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן; HALOT 232 s.v. נִים(וֹ)דַּרְכְּמֹ; cf. ASV, NRSV). For further study, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 206-9.

[2:69]  ⁹ sn The מָנִים (manim, cf. Neh 7:71, 72) is a measuring weight for valuable metals, equal to 1/60 of a talent or 60 shekels (BDB 584 s.v. מָנֶה; HALOT 599 s.v. מָנֶה). For further study, see R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 203-6.

[2:69]  ¹⁰ tn Or “garments.”

[7:70]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[7:70]  ¹² tn Heb “darics” (also in vv. 71, 72).

[60:9]  ¹³ tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ¹⁶ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[60:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “holy place, sanctuary.”

[60:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the place of my feet.” See Ezek 43:7, where the Lord’s throne is called the “place of the soles of my feet.”

[2:11]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “they fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

[2:11]  ²⁰ sn Frankincense refers to the aromatic resin of certain trees, used as a sweet-smelling incense (L&N 6.212).

[2:11]  ²¹ sn Myrrh consisted of the aromatic resin of certain shrubs (L&N 6.208). It was used in preparing a corpse for burial.

[12:41]  ²² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[12:41]  ²³ tc Most mss, predominantly of the Western and Byzantine texts (A D W Θ Ë^1,13 33 2542 Ï lat), have ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς (Jo Ihsou", “Jesus”) as the explicit subject here, while א B L Δ Ψ 892 2427 pc lack the name. A natural scribal tendency is to expand the text, especially to add the Lord’s name as the explicit subject of a verb. Scribes much less frequently omitted the Lord’s name (cf. the readings of W Θ 565 1424 in Mark 12:17). The internal and external evidence support one another here in behalf of the shorter reading.

[12:41]  ²⁴ tn On the term γαζοφυλάκιον (gazofulakion), often translated “treasury,” see BDAG 186 s.v., which states, “For Mk 12:41, 43; Lk 21:1 the mng. contribution box or receptacle is attractive. Acc. to Mishnah, Shekalim 6, 5 there were in the temple 13 such receptacles in the form of trumpets. But even in these passages the general sense of ‘treasury’ is prob., for the contributions would go [into] the treasury via the receptacles.” Based upon the extra-biblical evidence (see sn following), however, the translation opts to refer to the actual receptacles and not the treasury itself.

[12:42]  ²⁵ sn These two small copper coins were lepta (sing. “lepton”), the smallest and least valuable coins in circulation in Palestine, worth one-half of a quadrans or 1/128 of a denarius, or about six minutes of an average daily wage. This was next to nothing in value.

[12:43]  ²⁶ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[12:43]  ²⁷ tn See the note on the term “offering box” in v. 41.

[12:43]  ²⁸ sn Has put more into the offering box than all the others. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave sincerely and at some considerable cost to herself.

[12:44]  ²⁹ tn Grk “out of what abounded to them.”

[12:44]  ³⁰ sn The contrast between this passage, 12:41-44, and what has come before in 11:27-12:40 is remarkable. The woman is set in stark contrast to the religious leaders. She was a poor widow, they were rich. She was uneducated in the law, they were well educated in the law. She was a woman, they were men. But whereas they evidenced no faith and actually stole money from God and men (cf. 11:17), she evidenced great faith and gave out of her extreme poverty everything she had.