25 and I (A)weighed out to them (B)the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king, (C)his counselors, his officials, and all Israel who were present there had contributed. 26 (D)So I weighed into their hands [a]650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth [b]a hundred talents, and a hundred gold talents, 27 and twenty gold bowls worth a thousand [c]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:26 About 24 tons or 22 metric tons
  2. Ezra 8:26 About 3.75 tons or 3.4 metric tons
  3. Ezra 8:27 A coin weighing about 0.25 oz. or 7 gm

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