1 Tawarikh 28:11-12

28:11 David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, ¹  its buildings, its treasuries, ²  its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room ³  for atonement. 28:12 He gave him ⁴  the blueprints of all he envisioned ⁵  for the courts of the Lord’s temple, all the surrounding rooms, the storehouses of God’s temple, and the storehouses for the holy items.

1 Tawarikh 29:3

29:3 Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.

1 Tawarikh 29:7

29:7 They donated for the service of God’s temple 5,000 talents ⁶  and ten thousand darics ⁷  of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

[28:11]  ¹ tn Heb “for the porch.” The word “temple” was supplied in the translation for clarity.

[28:11]  ² tn Or “storerooms.”

[28:11]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[28:12]  ⁴ tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[28:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “the pattern of all which was in the spirit with him.”

[29:7]  ⁶ tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, the people donated 168.3 tons (153,000 kg) of gold, 336.5 tons (306,000 kg) of silver, 605.7 tons (550,800 kg) of bronze, and 3,365 tons (3,060,000 kg) of iron.

[29:7]  ⁷ tn On the “daric” as a unit of measure, see BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן. Some have regarded the daric as a minted coin, perhaps even referring to the Greek drachma, but this is less likely.

[29:7]  sn The daric was a unit of weight perhaps equal to between 8 and 9 grams (just under one-third of an ounce), so 10,000 darics of gold would weigh between 80 and 90 kilograms (between 176 and 198 pounds).