Joined by golden nails the heads of which were of curious
workmanship, each of those nails were 25 ounces of gold, with
most precious jewles Jewels, of various coulours, set in & stone like
the stars in the firmament. Those belonged to the 440,000
vessels of gold and 1,340,000 of silver, which took up 108,000 talents
and 2,000 shekels of gold, in the whole amounting to 1,817,654,024
Roman gold crowns, & of silver a million of talents, which
is 1,465,480,000 more such crowns; all this was consecrated to
the Temple, besides what was laid out on the wages & food of the
workman & other materials. The reduction of Roman gold
crown, which is about six shillings in English a peace, the gold amounts
to five hundred & forty millions, two hundred & three pounds ninty
& six thousand, & two hundred & three pounds, four shillings sterling;
and the silver came to four hundred & thirty nine million,
three hundred & forty two thousand pounds sterling. The weight
of the brazen alter was 2,000 talents; & that of the Brazen Sea
8,640. The roof of the Temple, being covered with plates of
Brass, comes to 500,141 talents, and 103 pounds weight. The two
Brass columns or pillars, called [blank] and [blank] at the enterance
of the sSanctuary weighed 19,027 talents, & being covered
with gold of an inch thick it amounted to 5,850 talents
of gold. employed in building the Temple 401,900
Israelites, the same number of Sydonians also Tyrians
& Egyptians, to each of whom, besides their daily wages and
diet, he gave when the Temple was finished, ten shekels of
gold. Solomon also gave the King of household,
yearly 20,000 ears, or measures of wheat, each containing
eight bushels & a half. Winchester measure, & twenty measures [1 Kings 5-9]
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joined by golden nails the heads of which were of curious
workmanship, each of those nails were 25 ounces of gold, with
most precious jewels, of various coulours, set in & stone like
the stars in the firmament. Those belonged to the Temple 440,000
vessels of gold and 1,340,000 of silver, which took up 108,000 talents
and 2,000 shekels of gold, in the whole amounting to 1,817,654,024
Roman gold crowns, & of silver a million of talents, which
is 1,465,480,000 more such crowns; all this was consecrated to
the Temple, besides what was laid out on the wages & food of the
workman & other materials. The reduction of Roman gold
crowns, which is about six shillings in English peace, the gold amounts
to five hundred & forty millions, two hundred ninty
& six thousand, & two hundred & three pounds, four shillings sterling;
and the silver came to four hundred & thirty nine million,
three hundred & forty two thousand pounds sterling, The weight
of the brazen alter was 2,000 talents; & that of the Brazen Sea
8,640. The roof of the Temple, being covered with plates of
Brass, comes to 500,141 talents, and 103 pounds weight. The two
Brass columns or pillars, called [blank] and [blank] at the enterance
of the sanctuary weighed 19,027 talents, & being covered
with gold of an inch thick it amounted to 5,850 talents
of gold. employed in building the Temple 401,900
Israelites, the same number of Sydonians also Tyrians
& Egyptians to each of whom besides their daily wages and
diet, he gave when the Temple was finished, ten shekels of
gold. Solomon also gave the King of household,
yearly 20,000 ears, or measures of wheat, each containing
eight bushels & a half. Whindterles measure, & twenty measures