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13 Then you will prosper, if you are careful to observe and fulfill the statutes and ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be dismayed. 14 Now listen, [a]with great trouble I have prepared and provided for the house of the Lord 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for they are great in quantity. I have also prepared and provided timber and stone, and you may add to them. 15 Further, you have workmen in abundance: stonecutters and stonemasons and carpenters, and all men who are skillful in every kind of work.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 22:14 Lit in my affliction.

13 Then you will have success(A) if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws(B) that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous.(C) Do not be afraid or discouraged.

14 “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents[a] of gold, a million talents[b] of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.(D) 15 You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters,(E) as well as those skilled in every kind of work

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  1. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 3,750 tons or about 3,400 metric tons
  2. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 37,500 tons or about 34,000 metric tons