1 Chronicles 20:2
Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.
Note Or from the head of Milcom. Milcom, also called Molech, was god of the Ammonites; see Leviticus 18:21 and 1 Kings 11:7.
Note A talent is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold.
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
Note to weigh: Heb. the weight of
David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. It was set on David’s head, and he brought very much plunder out of the city.
Note A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- it
- Heb. the weight of it. and he brought.
- 1 Chronicles 18:11; 2 Samuel 8:11, 12