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     * that they may be destroyed.  Heb. to destroy them.  and I
       will pay.  Heb. and I will weigh.
     # Ge 23:16|
       Here Haman is obliged to acknowledge that there would be a
       loss to the revenue, which he was willing to make up out of
       his own property.  Ten thousand talents of silver, counted by
       the Babylonish talent, amount to 2,119,000(9c2e); but reckoned by
       the Jewish talent, they amount to double that sum.  In those
       days, silver and gold were more plentiful than at present; and
       we have many instances of individuals possessing almost
       incredible riches.  Herodotus relates, that when Xerxes went
       into Greece, Pythius the Lydian had 2,000; talents of silver,
       and 4,000,000; of gold darics, which unitedly amount to nearly
       5,500,000(9c2e)  Plutarch tells us, that after Crassus had
       dedicated the tenth of all he had to Hercules, he entertained
       the Roman people at 10,000; tables, and distributed to every
       citizen as much corn as was sufficient for three months; and,
       after all these expenses, he had 7,100; Roman talents left,
       which amount to more than 1,500,000(9c2e)  Lentulus the augur is
       said to have possessed no less than 3,333,333(9c2e) 6s. 8d.
       Apicius was worth more than 916,671(9c20)13s. 4d.; and, after
       having spent in his kitchen 833,333(9c20)6s. 8d. he considered the
       remainder too little for his support, and poisoned himself!

     * ten thousand.
     # Mt 18:24|