9. I received a letter from Wilford I spent the day reading
Josephus on the fall of Jerrusalem it was certainly a history of the Most dredful Events of anything I Ever read in my
life In Josephus Book history of the wars with the Jews
On Page 423 He says there Perished in the fall of Jerrusalem
under Titus 2565000 souls 1,100000 dead bodies were
carried through the gates outside of the walls of Jerrusalem
Brother McAllister & Thompson called upon me in the Evening
~ Wednesday
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
~ Thursday
June 4th 1885
[FIGURE] I received 2 letter from Jaques & I F Carter I spent the day reading
9. [FIGURE] I received a letter from Wilford I spent the day reading
Josephus on the fall of Jerrusalem it was certainly a history
FIGURES of the Most dredful Events of anything I Ever read in my
life In Josephus Book history of the wars with the Jews
On Page 423 He says there Perished in the fall of Jerrusalem
under Titus 2565000 souls 1,100000 dead bodies were
carried through the gates outside of the walls of Jerrusalem
Brother McAllister & Thompson called upon me in the Evening
~ Wednesday
10 [FIGURE] 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 £648, $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, £541, 13s, 4P $2708.28
Total in gold $16,702,708.28. 10,000 Talents silver $18,750,000
Silver $18,750,000 Total $35,452708. In the
same vers David gives 18000 Talents of Brass & 100000
talents of Iron. But the value of Brass & Iron not given
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