Ezra 2 · Verse 69

Ezra 2:69

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.
Ezra 2:69, King James Version

Ezra 2:69 in other translations

BSBAccording 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.
WEBThey gave according to their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
ASVthey gave after their ability into the treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
YLTaccording to their power they have given to the treasure of the work; of gold, drams six myriads and a thousand, and of silver, pounds five thousand, and of priests' coats, a hundred.
DARBYThey gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' coats.
BBEEvery one, as he was able, gave for the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand pounds of silver and a hundred priests' robes.
WebsterThey gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests garments.

What does Ezra 2:69 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
69. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 69 Threescore 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 100 garments for priests. Thus we find that God, in the midst of judgment, remembered mercy, and gave them favor in the land of their captivity.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 2:64-70

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…

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Ezra 2:69 in the original Hebrew

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כְּכֹחָ֗םke.kho.Chamaccording to ability theirH3581
נָתְנוּ֮na.te.Nuthey gaveH5414
לְאוֹצַ֣רle.'o.Tzarto [the] treasury ofH214
הַמְּלָאכָה֒ha.me.la.Khahthe workH4399
זָהָ֗בza.HavgoldH2091
דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙dar.ke.mo.NimdrachmasH1871
שֵׁשׁ\־shesh-sixH8337
רִבֹּ֣אותri.Botten thousandsH7239
וָאֶ֔לֶף\ \סva.'E.lefand one thousandH505
וְכֶ֕סֶףve.Khe.sefand silverH3701
מָנִ֖יםma.NimminasH4488
חֲמֵ֣שֶׁתcha.Me.shetfiveH2568
אֲלָפִ֑ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>H505
וְכָתְנֹ֥תve.kha.te.Notand tunics ofH3801
כֹּהֲנִ֖יםko.ha.NimpriestsH3548
מֵאָֽה\׃\ \סme.'Ahone hundredH3967

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Cross references for Ezra 2:69

  • Ezra 8:25-34

    And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers. …

  • 1 Kings 7:51

    So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:14

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:20-28

    And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: …

  • Nehemiah 7:71-72

    And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.

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the treasure.
8:25-34; 1Ki 7:51; 1Ch 22:14; 26:20-28; Ne 7:71,72

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Context

  • Ezra 2:68

    And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

  • Ezra 2:69

    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.

  • Ezra 2:70

    So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

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Ezra 2:69 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Según sus fuerzas dieron al tesorero de la obra sesenta y un mil dracmas de oro, y cinco mil libras de plata, y cien túnicas sacerdotales.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		ils donnèrent au trésor de l’œuvre, selon leur pouvoir, 61 000 dariques d’or, et 5 000 mines d’argent, et 100 tuniques de sacrificateurs.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nach ihrem Vermögen gaben sie für den Schatz des Werkes: an Gold 61000 Dariken und an Silber 5000 Minen, und 100 Priesterleibröcke.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Secundum vires suas dederunt impensas operis, auri solidos sexaginta millia et mille, argenti mnas quinque millia, et vestes sacerdotales centum.