^6^th 25^ had it at least: tells him that he had out of his property
laid up for that purpose, one hundred thousand talents of
silver gold & a thousand thousand talents of silver bands
brass & Iron without wait, & he tills him that over & above
what he had mentioned before he had provided th[r]ee thousand
talents of fine gold, & seven thousand talents of silver to overlay
the walls of the house, besides all this his princes & great
men made a free gift of five thousand talents of gold, &
ten thousand talents of silver towards the building. Now all
these sums added to gether make up
108,000 talents of gold at £5075-15-7 is £548,244,150
1,017,000 talents of silver at £353=11=10= is £ 359,602,725
Total expens of the Building £ 907=846,875
In this glorious undertaking nothing was omitted which art
& genious aided by wealth & industry could supply; the twisted
& highly carved work of the Parian marble columns the plaitings
of embossed gold; blazing stars with diamonds & other preious
stones; the gorgeous & magnifficent sculptures, all contributed
in rich union to display the wisdom of Solomon in
his appropriation of this grand Masonic pile, to the sacred
purpose of Gods worship; the strength of King Hiram, for
his abundant supplies of materials & men & the beauty
of the ingenious—who with a capacity more than Mortal
man exercised his shining abilities to their utmost stretch
in Devising & executing such a perfect model of art. Before
the consecration of the Temple it was inspected by Hiram
King of Tyre who was a complete master of the science [1 King 7:13]

said it at least: tells him that he had out of his property laid up for purpose, one hundred thousand talents of gold & a thousand thousand talents of silver vessels brass & iron without wait, & he tills him that over & above what he had mentioned before he had provided three thousand talents of fine gold, & seven thousand talents of silver to overlay the walls of the house, besides all this his princes & agent men made a free gift of five thousand talents of gold, & ten thousand talents of silver towards the building. Now all these sums added to gether make up 108.00 talents of gold at £5075-15-7 is £548,244,150 1,017,000 talents of silver at £353=11=10 is £ 359,602,725 Total expens of the Building — * £ 907=846,875 In this glorious undertaking nothing was smithed which art & genious aided by wealth & industry could supply; the twisted & highly earned work of the Parian marble columns the plantings of embossed gold; blazing strung with diamonds & other precious stones; the gorgeous & magnifficent sculptures, all contributed in rich union to display the wisdom of Solomon in his appropriation of this grand Masonic pile, to the sread purpose of Gods worship; the strength of King Hiram, for his abundant supplies of materials & men & the lennth of the ingenious—, who with a capacity more than Mortal man exercised his shinning abilities to their utmost stretch in Devising & executing such a perfect model of art. Before the consecration of the Temple it was visited by Hiram King of Tyre who was a complete master of the science 1 King 7:13