2 Chronicles 15:18
Context15:18 He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God’s temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles. 1
2 Chronicles 25:6
Context25:6 He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents 2 of silver.
2 Chronicles 36:3
Context36:3 The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax 3 of one hundred talents 4 of silver and a talent of gold.
2 Chronicles 1:17
Context1:17 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. 5
2 Chronicles 9:24
Context9:24 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. 6
2 Chronicles 16:2
Context16:2 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:
2 Chronicles 9:20
Context9:20 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time. 7
2 Chronicles 16:3
Context16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 8 See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 9
2 Chronicles 24:5
Context24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.
2 Chronicles 24:11
Context24:11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.
2 Chronicles 27:5
Context27:5 He launched a military campaign 10 against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents 11 of silver, 10,000 kors 12 of wheat, and 10,000 kors 13 of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years. 14


[15:18] 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.”
[25:6] 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 weight of the silver was 6,730 lbs. (3,060 kg).
[36:3] 4 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).
[1:17] 4 tn Heb “and they brought up and brought out from Egypt a chariot for 600 silver (pieces), and a horse for 150, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”
[9:24] 5 tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”
[9:20] 6 tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”
[16:3] 7 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
[16:3] 8 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
[27:5] 8 tn Heb “he fought with.”
[27:5] 9 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).
[27:5] 10 sn As a unit of dry measure a kor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).
[27:5] 11 tn Heb “10,000 kors of wheat and 10,000 of barley.” The unit of measure of the barley is omitted in the Hebrew text, but is understood to be “kors,” the same as the measures of wheat.
[27:5] 12 tn Heb “This the sons of Ammon brought to him, and in the second year and the third.”