I mentioned previously some of the numbers associated with Solomon and his wealth. Today while looking at First Chronicles I was reminded of David and his wealth. In verse 14 of chapter 22 of that book, David gives 100,000 talents of gold towards the building of the temple that Solomon would construct. That's 12 million pounds or 192 million ounces. In today's money that donation was worth $172,800,000,000. Yes, that's 172.8 billion dollars!
Chapter 16 recounts a song of thanksgiving David sang to God. In verse 29 he sang, "Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness."
I think it's fair to say that David knew what he was talking about when he said to bring an offering!
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