⁴ 3,000 gold talents^[a] imported from Ophir,^[b] 7,000 talents^[c] of refined silver for gilding the walls of the Temple ⁵ and for all the work to be undertaken by skilled artists, gold for what is to be made of gold, and silver for what is to be made of silver. Who then, will be dedicating the productivity^[d] of his own work^[e] to the Lord today?”

⁶ So the leaders of the ancestral households presented their voluntary offerings, as did the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s business.