Nehemiah 7:70
Some of the heads of the families contributed to the project. The governor gave to the treasury 1,000 darics of gold, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.
Note Or 1,000 gold drachmas; that is, approximately 18.5 pounds or 8.4 kilograms of gold coins
And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
Note some: Heb. part.
Note The Tirshatha: or, the governor
Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred thirty priests’ garments.
Note a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
And some from among the heads of fathers’ houses gave unto the work. The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- some
- Heb. part.
- Ezra 2:68–70
- the chief
- Numbers 7:2–86; 1 Chronicles 29:3–9
- The Tirshatha
- Nehemiah 8:9; Nehemiah 10:1
- basons
- Exodus 12:22; Exodus 24:6; 1 Kings 7:45; 1 Chronicles 28:17; 2 Chronicles 4:8, 11; Jeremiah 52:19