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1 Chronicles 20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it...

the weight If this talent was only {seven pounds}, as Whiston says, David might have carried it on his head with little difficulty; but this weight, according to common computation, would amount to nearly {114 pounds!} Some, therefore, think, that {mishkelah} should be taken for its {value}, not {weight}; which renders it perfectly plain, as the worth of the crown will be about

5074l.15s.7d. sterling. The ancients mention several such large crowns, made more for sight than use. Athenaeus describes a crown of gold that was

24 feet in circumference; and mentions others that were two, some four, and others five feet deep. Pliny takes notice of some that were no less than eight pounds weight. Besides the crown usually worn, it was customary for kings, in some nations, to have such large ones as described, either hung or supported over the throne, where they sat at their coronation or other solemn occasions.

in great abundance [heb] very great