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Temple Gifts

24 Then I separated twelve of the presiding priests—Sherebiah and Hashabiah, along with ten of their brothers— 25 and weighed out to them the silver, the gold, the vessels, as well as the contribution collected for the house of our God by the king, his counselors, his lords, in conjunction with what all Israel had offered. 26 I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents[a] of silver, silver articles worth one hundred talents,[b] one hundred talents[c] of gold,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:26 About 24 tons, or about 22 metric tons.
  2. Ezra 8:26 About 3¾ tons, or about 3.4 metric tons.
  3. Ezra 8:26 About 3¾ tons, or about 3.4 metric tons.