1 Chronicles 29:4

three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir,—and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the recesses.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

In Context

3And yet further, because of my delighting in the house of my God, having a treasure of mine own in gold and silver, I have given for the house of my God, above and beyond all that I have prepared for the holy house:

5Of gold for the gold, and of silver for the silver, and for all manner of work in the hand of artificers,—Who then is ready to offer willingly, by filling his hand to-day, unto Yahweh?

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Cross References

Numbers 7:85a hundred and thirty [shekels], each charger of silver, and seventy, each tossing bowl,—all the silver of the vessels, two thousand and four hundred [shekels], by the shekel of the sanctuary;

1 Chronicles 1:23and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these, were the sons of Joktan.

Job 28:16It cannot be put into the scales against the gold of Ophir, with costly onyx, or sapphire;

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 29:2-10

Presents for the Temple. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,… Read the whole commentary →

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