Ezra 2:69

Ezra 2:69 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
• New International Version (NIV)According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.
• English Standard Version (ESV)According to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests' garments.
• New King James Version (NKJV)According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly garments.

Context of Ezra 2:69

67their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. 68Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to erect it on its site. According to their ability they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand silver minas, and a hundred priestly garments. 70Now the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Ezra 2:69 word by word

כְּכֹחָ֗ם נָתְנוּ֮ לְאוֹצַ֣ר הַמְּלָאכָה֒ זָהָ֗ב דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙ שֵׁשׁ־רִבֹּ֣אות וָאֶ֔לֶף ס וְכֶ֕סֶף מָנִ֖ים חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֑ים וְכָתְנֹ֥ת כֹּהֲנִ֖ים מֵאָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• According to their abilityכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• they gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• to the treasuryאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
• the workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• sixty-oneרִבּוֹribbô ribbô' · ten thousandH7239
• sixty-oneאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• drachmasדַּרְכְּמוֹןdarkemôn · drachmaH1871
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• minasמָנֶהmâneh · minaH4488
• and a hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• priestlyכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• garmentsכֻּתֹּ֫נֶתkethôneth kûttôneth · tunicH3801

Cross-references for Ezra 2:69

• Ezra 8:25and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king, his counselors, his officials, and all Israel who were present there had contributed.
• 1 Kings 7:51So all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the offerings vowed by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.
• 1 Chronicles 22:14Now behold, with great pains I have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond measure, for they are in great quantity; I have also prepared timber and stone, and you may add to that.
• 1 Chronicles 26:20The Levites, their relatives, were in charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.
• Nehemiah 7:71And some of the heads of fathers’ households gave to the treasury for the work twenty thousand gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

Commentaries on Ezra 2:69

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 69Threescore 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 69The numbers here and in Nehemiah (see the marginal reference) vary.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 64-70Verses 64-70 Let none complain of the needful expenses of their religion. Seek first the kingdom of God, his favour and his glory, then will all other things be added unto them. Their offerings were nothing, compared with the offerings of the princes in David's time; yet, being according to their ability, were as acceptable to God. The Lord will carry us through all undertakings entered on according to his will, with an aim to his glory, and dependence on…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 69Each gold coin, known as a Hebrew daric, was worth a month's wages for a professional soldier. 5,000 minas of silver: Each mina weighed 20 ounces and equaled 60 shekels of silver. Each shekel was worth an average worker's monthly wages.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6969. drams of gold--rather, "darics," a Persian coin (see on 1Ch 29:7). priests' garments--(compare Ne 7:70). This--in the circumstances--was a very appropriate gift. In general, it may be remarked that presents of garments, or of any other usable commodities, however singular it may seem to us, is in harmony with the established notions and customs of the East.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 2:69

• Dram
• Liberality
• Maneh
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• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Captivity
• Daric
• Dram
• Maneh
• Money
• Pound
• Temple, the Second
• Ability
• Addus
• Adin

Commentaries on Ezra 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings