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Gold and Silver

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Gold and Silver

Oct-14-2001 at 10:35 PM (UTC+3 Nineveh, Assyria)

Hello dear all,

I recently read an old topic discussed the contradictions between 1 Chronicles 21:25 and 2 Samuel 24:24. I could not "resurrect" this topic because it is archive. If I'm right some had doubts about silver's old primacy against gold. Here are two quotes from Holmann Bible Dictionary:

Minerals and Metals

Silver: Used in the Near East from quite early times; though not occuring often in a natural state, silver is easily extracted from its ores. Silver was originally more valuable than gold, usually occuring before it in lists. It became a measure of wealth (Gen. 13.2, 24.25, Zeph. 1.18, Hag. 2.8). By Solomon's day it was common in Israel (1Kings 10.27) and was the standard monetary unit, being weighted in shekels, talents, and minas (Gen. 23.16-16, 37.28, Ex. 21.32, Neh 7.72, Isa. 7.23) <...>

Silver

A comparatively scarce precious metal with a brilliant white color and remarkably resistant to oxidation. It melts at 1861 F. Biblical references often refer to the process for refining Silver (1Chron. 29.4, Ps. 12.6, Prov. 17.3, Ezek. 22.20-22). It is so malleable that it is beaten into sheets as thin as 0.00025mm. Until about 500 BC, silver was the m ost valuable metal in the Near East. <...>

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Gabor

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1. RE: Gold and Silver

Oct-15-2001 at 11:05 AM (UTC+3 Nineveh, Assyria)

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Thank you Akhi Gabor,

As I said, there's no contradiction between these two accounts in the Old Testament. After the captivity, the monetary standard changed - that's all.

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