ADARCONIM, ????????, a sort of money, mentioned 1Ch 29:7, and Ezr 8:27. The Vulgate translates it, golden pence, the LXX, pieces of gold. They were darics, a gold coin, which some value at twenty drachms of silver.
and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron.
and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.
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