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And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work,.... Of building the city and the temple, and for that service, Ezra 2:68, the Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drachms of gold; each of which was one pound sterling, and so amounted to so many pounds: of these "dracmons", or "darics", a Persian coin, mention is made in Ezra 2:69,...

Nehemiah 7:71

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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...

Nehemiah 7:72

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drachms of gold,.... Worth as many pounds of our money, and somewhat more: and two thousand pound of silver; of which [See comments on Ne 7:71]: and threescore and seven priests' garments; having been so long in Babylon, and no use of sacrifices, and so not of garments to minister in,...

Nehemiah 7:73

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

So the priests and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities,.... The same is said in Ezra 2:70, [See comments on Ezra 2:70], and, when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities; the month Tisri, answering to part of September, in which...