14 With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord (A)100,000 talents[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and (B)bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 22:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

14 “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents[a] of gold, a million talents[b] of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 3,750 tons or about 3,400 metric tons
  2. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 37,500 tons or about 34,000 metric tons