And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
Drams - rather, darics, a Persian coin, with which the Jews, from the time of the captivity, became familiar, and which was afterward extensively circulated in the countries of Western Asia. It is estimated as equal in value to 25 shillings 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).