¹⁴ He designated the weight of gold for all the gold articles to be used in various kinds of service, and the weight of silver for all the silver articles to be used in various kinds of service:

² With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold^(A) for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise,^[a](B) stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities.^(C)

⁶ Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials^(A) in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.^{(B) 7} They^(C) gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents^[a] and ten thousand darics^[b] of gold, ten thousand talents^[c] of silver, eighteen thousand talents^[d] of bronze and a hundred thousand talents^[e] of iron. ⁸ Anyone who had precious stones^(D) gave them to the treasury of the temple of the Lord in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite.^{(E) 9} The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly^(F) to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.