Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
All the silver
Bible References
All the silver
Ezra 8:25
Then I weighed out to them silver and gold and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his commanders, and all of Israel who was present offered.
Offering
Ezra 1:4
And let every survivor, from wherever he {resides} be assisted by the men of that place with silver and gold, with possessions and domestic animals, and with the freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem."
1 Chronicles 29:6
Then the commanders of the {families}, the commanders of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the work of the king offered themselves willingly.
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if the eagerness is present {according to what one has}, [it is] acceptable not {according to what one does not have}.
2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one [should give] as he has decided in his heart, not {reluctantly} or from compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.