Or for a ram, you must prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with one-third of a hin of olive oil,

then a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil must be presented ¹  with the young bull,

Who ¹  can count ²  the dust ³  of Jacob, Or number ⁴  the fourth part of Israel? Let me ⁵  die the death of the upright, ⁶  and let the end of my life ⁷  be like theirs.” ⁸ 

a land where you may eat food ¹  in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron ²  and from whose hills you can mine copper.

Every one of you must give as you are able, ¹  according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you.

Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly, ¹  letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he ²  evaluates what people do.

In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.

Then a champion ¹  came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall. ² 

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,000 gallons. ¹ 

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures ¹  of gold were used for each shield.

They would then hand over ¹  the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen ²  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord’s temple,

He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. ¹  Then he went back to Samaria. ²  (

The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord’s temple – including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” the twelve bronze bulls under “The Sea,” ¹  and the movable stands – was too heavy to be weighed.

From ¹  the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them. ² 

He received honor from ¹  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length ¹  of 52½ feet, ²  with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. ³ 

It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,000 gallons. ¹ 

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures ¹  of hammered gold were used for each shield.

In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. ¹  Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

They worked hard and made the repairs. ¹  They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. ²