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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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that they may be destroyed
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Heb. to destroy them. |
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and I will pay
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Heb. and I will weigh. Gen 23:16; Here Haman is obliged to acknowledge that there would be a loss to the revenue, which he was willing to make up out of his own property. Ten thousand talents of silver, counted by the Babylonish talent, amount to 2,119,000œ.; but reckoned by the Jewish talent, they amount to double that sum. In those days, silver and gold were more plentiful than at present; and we have many instances of individuals possessing almost incredible riches. Herodotus relates, that when Xerxes went into Greece, Pythius the Lydian had 2,000 talents of silver, and 4,000,000 of gold darics, which unitedly amount to nearly 5,500,000œ. Plutarch tells us, that after Crassus had dedicated the tenth of all he had to Hercules, he entertained the Roman people at 10,000 tables, and distributed to every citizen as much corn as was sufficient for three months; and, after all these expenses, he had 7,100 Roman talents left, which amount to more than 1,500,000œ. Lentulus the augur is said to have possessed no les |
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ten thousand
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Gen 23:16 |
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant. |
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Mat 18:24 |
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Esther 3:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Est/3/9.html>.
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