1 Chronicles 29:4

I am giving three thousand talents of gold, gold from Ophir. I am giving seven thousand talents of refined silver. It will cover the walls of the buildings.

1 Chronicles 29:4, Readable English Bible (READ)

Note: A talent was about 75 pounds. So this was about 110 tons of gold and 260 tons of silver.

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