KJV ORIGINAL
And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
They gave for the work on God's house: 5,000 talents and 10,000 drams of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes the enormous amount of precious metals and materials that the leaders generously donated to build God's temple.
📚 Historical Context
This verse records the massive donations given by Israel's leaders for building Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. David had gathered these materials before his death, and the leaders willingly contributed their own wealth to this sacred project. A talent was an extremely large unit of weight (about 75 pounds), making these donations worth millions in today's currency.
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