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13 (A)Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. (B)Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed. 14 With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord (C)100,000 talents[a] of gold, a million talents of silver, and (D)bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add. 15 You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working

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  1. 1 Chronicles 22:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

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