What did David pay for the threshing floor? "And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing floor of Araunah [Ornan] the Jebusite.... So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver [$26.50]" (2 Sam. xxiv, 18, 24). "Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.... So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold [$3,414]" (1 Chron. xxi, 18, 25). 12 How many overseers did Solomon have while building the Temple? "And Solomon had three score and ten thousand that bare burdens, and four score thousand hewers in the mountains; besides the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred" (1 Kings, v, 15, 16). "And he set three score and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens and four score thousand to be hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people awork" (2 Chron. ii, 18). 13 What was the height of the pillars before the house? "For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece.... And he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz" (1 Kings vii, 15, 21). "Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, ... and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz" (2 Chron. iii, 15, 17). 14 What was the capacity of the molten sea? "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other.... And it was a hand-breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths" (1 Kings vii, 23, 26). "Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim.... And the thickness of it was a handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths" (2 Chron. iv, 2, 5). 15 How many overseers did Solomon have over his other works? "These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work" (1 Kings ix, 23). "And these were the chief of King Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people" (2 Chron. viii, 10). 16 How many stalls did Solomon have for his horses? "And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen" (2 Chron. ix, 25). "And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen" (1 Kings iv, 26). 17 How much gold did they bring Solomon from Ophir? "And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to King Solomon" (1 Kings ix, 28).