1 Chronicles 22:14

Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — David addresses Solomon, concluding his directives for the temple project before his death. He outlines the material resources he has already gathered for the house of Yahweh.

The words — The verse pairs בְּעָנְיִ (be-'a.ne.Y) = in affliction or toil with הֲכִנֹתִי (ha.khi.No.ti) = I have prepared, stressing that the accumulation of materials required deliberate, strenuous effort.

The thread — This recorded inventory of gold, silver, bronze, and timber links to David’s earlier provision of iron for gateway nails (1 Chronicles 22:3) and operates independently of the annual royal gold revenue listed in 1 Kings 10:14.

Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that physical preparation precedes sacred construction, requiring readers to account for the concrete labor and material scale involved in building the house of the LORD.

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The Hebrew words

וְהִנֵּ֨הve./hi.Nehand/ here!בְעָנְיִ֜יve./'a.ne.Y/iin/ affliction/ my הֲכִינ֣וֹתִיha.khi.No.tiI have prepared לְבֵית־le./veit-for/ [the] house of יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahweh זָהָ֞בza.Havgold כִּכָּרִ֤יםki.ka.Rimtalents מֵֽאָה־me.'ah-one hundred אֶ֙לֶף֙'e.lefthousand וְכֶ֗סֶףve./Khe.sefand/ silver אֶ֤לֶף'E.lefone thousand אֲלָפִים֙'a.la.Fimthousand<s>כִּכָּרִ֔יםki.ka.Rimtalents וְלַנְּחֹ֤שֶׁתve./la./ne.Cho.shetand/ [belongs] to the/ bronze וְלַבַּרְזֶל֙ve./la./bar.Zeland/ to the/ iron אֵ֣ין'einnot מִשְׁקָ֔לmish.Kalweight כִּ֥יkifor לָרֹ֖בla./Roto/ abundance הָיָ֑הha.Yahit is וְעֵצִ֤יםve./'e.Tzimand/ wood<s>וַאֲבָנִים֙va./'a.va.Nimand/ stone<s>הֲכִינ֔וֹתִיha.khi.No.tiI have prepared וַעֲלֵיהֶ֖םva./'a.lei./Hemand/ to/ them תּוֹסִֽיף׃to.Sifyou will add

King James Version

Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 22:3 David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
1 Kings 10:14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
2 Kings 25:16 As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
1 Chronicles 29:4 three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
Jeremiah 52:20 As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
2 Corinthians 8:2 In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.