John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 29:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And gave for the service of the house of God, etc.] For building and adorning it, and providing proper utensils for it: of gold five thousand talents; which, according to Scheuchzer f150, came to 61,100,000 ducats of gold: and these, with “the 10,000 drachms”)); make of our money, according to Brerewood f151, 22,507,500 pounds; some reckon a drachm at two ducats and a half, and somewhat more f152: and of silver ten thousand talents; which, according to the former writer, amounted to 450,000,000 imperials, or rix dollars; and, according to the latter, they made of our money 3,750,000 pounds: and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron; the weight of each of which were so much.

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