Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 7:71
And [some] of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver.
71. to the treasure ] R.V. into the treasury.
pound ] R.V. marg. ‘Heb. maneh ’.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 71. Two thousand and two hundred pounds] The Septuagint has two thousand THREE hundred minae of silver.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
71. pound of silverthat is,mina (sixty shekels, or 9).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work,…. To be put into the treasure, out of which the expenses of the temple, and service of it were defrayed:
twenty thousand drachms of gold; which were so many pounds of our money, and somewhat more: for, according to Bishop Cumberland f, a drachm of gold was of the value of twenty shillings and four pence: and 2200 pounds of silver; “the maneh”, or pound, with the Jews, was of the value of sixty shekels, Eze 45:12 and so is reckoned by our Brerewood g to be of our money seven pounds and ten shillings; he reckoning a shekel at half a crown, whereas it was little more than two shillings and four pence; and so sixty of them, or a “maneh”, came to about seven pounds; wherefore this sum here was seven times so many pounds of silver.
f Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 4. p. 115. g De Ponder & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
pound. Hebrew. maneh. App-51.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
chief: Job 34:19, Luk 21:1-4, 2Co 8:12
pound: Manim, manehs or minas, As a weight, the maneh was equal to 100 shekels; but as a coin, equal to 60 shekels, or about 9.
Reciprocal: Jos 6:19 – the treasury Ezr 2:69 – the treasure Ezr 8:1 – the chief