Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Chronicles 22:14

"Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto." — 1 Chronicles 22:14 (ASV)

Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

We are unable to tell exactly the amount of precious metal prepared by David; we have to take into account the value of gold and silver in his day; it was probably not so great as it is now. We know this much; it was an enormous sum which David had gathered for the building of the house of God.

And a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

An excellent text for a collection, whenever a good sum has already been given, Thou mayest add thereto. A week from next Sunday we collect for the hospitals. You may add to the gold if you can; you may add to the silver if you can; you may add to the copper if you cannot add to the silver or the gold.

Now behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold,

Whatever sum that may have been, it could hardly have been a Babylonian talent, because that would have meant he had laid up one billion sterling.