Discovery Box1 Chronicles 11:8 
Context11:8 He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; 1 Joab restored the rest of the city.
1 Chronicles 29:4
Context29:4 This includes 3,000 talents 2 of gold from Ophir and 7,000 talents of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings,
1 tn Heb “to that which surrounds.” On the referent here as “the surrounding walls,” see HALOT 740 s.v. סָבִיב.
2 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, David had supplied 101 tons (91,800 kg) of gold and 235.5 tons (214,200 kg) of silver.
