2 Chronicles 36:3
And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Note 100 talents is approximately 3.77 tons or 3.42 metric tons of silver.
Note A talent is approximately 75.4 pounds or 34.2 kilograms of gold.
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Note put…: Heb. removed him
The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Note A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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- put him down
- Heb. removed him.
- 2 Kings 23:33