1 Chronicles 29:4

Even three thousand talents of gold ,.... Which, according to Scheuchzer F3 Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 631. , amount to 36,660,000 ducats of gold; and, according to Brerewood F4 De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 5. , to 13,500,000 pounds of our money:

of the gold of Ophir ; which was reckoned the best gold; not Ophir in India, which was not known till Solomon's time, but in Arabia, as Bochart F5 Phaleg. l. 2. c. 27. Colossians 140 . has shown; so Eupolemus F6 Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 30. p. 447. , an Heathen writer, says, that David having built ships at Achan, a city of Arabia, sent miners to Urphe (supposed to be the same with Ophir) in the island of the Red sea, abounding with gold, and from thence fetched it; see Gill on 1 Kings 9:28 , and that he was able to give so great a sum out of his own substance, Dr. Prideaux F7 Connection, par. 1. p. 5,6. thinks, can only be accounted for by his great returns from this traffic; since these 3000 talents, according to him, amounted to 21,600,000 pounds sterling:

and seven thousand talents of refined silver ; amounting, according to Scheuchzer F8 Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 631.) , to 31,500,000 imperials, or rix dollars; and, according to Brerewood F9 Ut supra. (De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 5.) , to 2,625,000 pounds of our money:

to overlay the walls of the houses withal ; the gold was to overlay the walls of the holy and most holy place, the silver to overlay the walls of the chambers built around the temple.