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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)and each leader gave as much as he could. The total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.

Context of Ezra 2:69

67435 camels and 6,720 donkeys. 68When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site. 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. 70The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• They gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• after their abilityכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• unto the treasureאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214
• of the workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
• threescoreרִבּוֹribbô ribbô' · ten thousandH7239
• threescoreשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• and one thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• dramsדַּרְכְּמוֹןdarkemôn · drachmaH1871
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• poundמָנֶהmâneh · minaH4488
• of silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• and one hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• priests’כֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• garmentsכֻּתֹּ֫נֶתkethôneth kûttôneth · tunicH3801

Cross-references for Ezra 2:69

• Ezra 8:25and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God.
• 1 Kings 7:51When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
• 1 Chronicles 22:14“I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.
• 1 Chronicles 26:20Their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.
• Nehemiah 7:71Some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.

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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In the dictionaries

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• Daric
• Dram
• Maneh
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• Pound
• Temple, the Second
• Ability
• Addus
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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