Ezra 2:69

Croatian Bible

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the treasure: Ezra 8:25-34, 1 Kings 7:51, 1 Chronicles 22:14, 1 Chronicles 26:20-28, Nehemiah 7:71, Nehemiah 7:72

Reciprocal: Exodus 35:22 - every man Leviticus 23:38 - and beside Numbers 6:21 - beside that Numbers 7:2 - offered Numbers 7:84 - the dedication 2 Kings 12:4 - and all the money 1 Chronicles 29:5 - General 2 Chronicles 35:8 - his princes Mark 12:44 - cast in of Acts 11:29 - every

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the world threescore and one thousand drachms of gold,.... These "darcemons or darics" were a Persian coin; one of which, according to Brerewood k, was of the value of fifteen shillings of our money, and so this quantity of them amounted to 45,750 pounds; but according to Bishop Cumberland l they were of the value of twenty shillings and four pence of our money, and so came to upwards of 61,000 pounds; these everyone, according to his ability, put into the common stock or treasury for the work of building the temple; the Vulgate Latin m reads 40,000:

and five thousand pounds of silver; and an Hebrew "mina", or pound, being of our money seven pounds, ten shillings, according to Brerewood n, amounted to 31,250 pounds: but others o, reckoning a drachm of gold at ten shillings, and a mina or pound of silver at nine pounds, make the whole to amount only to 75,500 pounds of our money:

and one hundred priests' garments; which, as they were laid up among treasures, so were necessary for the service of the temple.

k De Pret. & Ponder. Vet. Num. ch. iii. v. l Scripture Weights & Measures, ch. 4. p. 115. m Sixtus V. Lovain & MSS. in James ut supra. (Contrariety of Popish Bibles, p. 295) n Ut supra, (De Pret. & Ponder. Vet. Num.) ch. iv. v. o Universal History, vol. 10. p. 183, marg.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The numbers here and in Nehemiah (see the marginal reference) vary.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 2:69. Threescore and one thousand drams of gold — דרכמונים darkemonim, drakmons or darics; a Persian coin, always of gold, and worth about 1£. 5s., not less than £76,250 sterling in gold.

Five thousand pounds of silver — מנים manim, manehs or minas. As a weight, the maneh was 100 shekels; as a coin, 60 shekels in value, or about 9£.; 5000 of these manehs therefore will amount to £45,000, making in the whole a sum of about £120,000; and in this are not included the 100 garments for priests.

Thus we find that God, in the midst of judgment, remembered mercy, and gave them favour in the land of their captivity.