Day in the Life
Journal Entry
10
In looking over Josephus and the Bible for the
Amount of gold & silver expended in the building
Solomons Temple it seems an imposibility
to form an idea of an Aproximate amount that was made
use of Josephus makes a Talent of Gold £6848, $3340.00
A talent of silver £375. $1875
1 Chron. 29 Ch 7 v. says David gave for the Temple in gold
5000 Talents and 10000 drams. 1 dram £ 1s 1p
5000 Talents $16,700000, 10000 drams, £^s p^541, 13s, 4P $2708.28
Total in gold $16,702,708.28. 10,000 Talents silver $18,750,000
Silver $18,750,000 Total $35,4500002708. In the
same vers David gives 18000 Talents of Brass & 100000 talents
talents of Iron. But the value of Brass & Iron not given
2 Chron 3 Ch, 8 vers 600 Talents of Gold used in overla[y]ing in
the House in this verse was $2004,000 dollars. 2 Chron 8:18
Hiram sent Solomon 450 talents of Gold $1,503,000 dollars
2 Chron 9:9 Queen of sheba gave solomon 120 talents of Gold
$400,800 dollars. 2 chron 89:13, Solomon receivd in one
year 666 Talents of Gold $2224,440. 9 ch 15 v. 200 targets
of Gold $120048. 16 v. 300 shields of gold $90024.
Error 1 chronicles 22 ch 14 David sayes I have prepared for the House Error
of the Lord, 100000 talents of Gold which is $335,000,000 dollars
1000 Talents of silver which is $1,875,000 $1875000
Talet in this one vers of Gold & silver $335,87500
This besides Brass and Iron without wait so it is
not strange that Solomon had a plenty of means to
build & adorn the Temple
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