7. drams —rather, darics, a Persian coin, with which the Jews from the time of the captivity became familiar, and which was afterwards extensively circulated in the countries of Western Asia. It is estimated as equal in value to 25 s. of British currency. of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron —In Scripture, iron is always referred to as an article of comparatively low value, and of greater abundance and cheaper than bronze [NAPIER]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-1ch-29-002
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological