2 Chronicles 36:3

36:3 The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax ¹  of one hundred talents ²  of silver and a talent of gold.

2 Chronicles 4:17

4:17 The king had them cast in earthen foundries ³  in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

2 Chronicles 25:6

25:6 He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents ⁴  of silver.

2 Chronicles 9:13

Solomon’s Wealth

9:13 Solomon received 666 talents ⁵  of gold per year, ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 3:8

3:8 He made the most holy place; ⁷  its length was 30 feet, ⁸  corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. ⁹  He plated it with 600 talents ¹⁰  of fine gold.

2 Chronicles 8:18

8:18 Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon’s men to Ophir, ¹¹  and took from there 450 talents ¹²  of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

2 Chronicles 9:9

9:9 She gave the king 120 talents ¹³  of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ¹⁴ 

2 Chronicles 25:9

25:9 Amaziah asked the prophet: ¹⁵  “But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?” The prophet ¹⁶  replied, “The Lord is capable of giving you more than that.”

2 Chronicles 27:5

27:5 He launched a military campaign ¹⁷  against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents ¹⁸  of silver, 10,000 kors ¹⁹  of wheat, and 10,000 kors ²⁰  of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years. ²¹ 

[36:3]  ¹ tn Or “a fine.”

[36:3]  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).

[4:17]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “molds.”

[25:6]  ⁵ 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).

[9:13]  ⁷ 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 gold Solomon received annually was 44,822 lbs. (20,380 kg).

[9:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 units of gold.”

[3:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “the house of the holy place of holy places.”

[3:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “twenty cubits.” Assuming a cubit of 18 inches (45 cm), this would give a length of 30 feet (9 m).

[3:8]  ¹¹ tc Heb “twenty cubits.” Some suggest adding, “and its height twenty cubits” (see 1 Kgs 6:20). The phrase could have been omitted by homoioteleuton.

[3:8]  ¹² 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 gold plating was 40,380 lbs. (18,360 kg).

[8:18]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and Huram sent to him by the hand of his servants, ships, and servants [who] know the sea, and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir.”

[8:18]  ¹² 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 gold was 30,285 lbs. (13,770 kg).

[9:9]  ¹³ 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 gold was 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).

[9:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[25:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “said to the man of God.”

[25:9]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “man of God.”

[27:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “he fought with.”

[27:5]  ¹⁸ 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]  ¹⁹ sn As a unit of dry measure a kor was roughly equivalent to six bushels (about 220 liters).

[27:5]  ²⁰ 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]  ²¹ tn Heb “This the sons of Ammon brought to him, and in the second year and the third.”