1Sa 9:8, 2Ki 5:5 | ESV | STEP | The servant answered Saul again , Here , I have with me a quarter of a shekel of silver , and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way .

1 Samuel 9:8

8 The servant answered Saul again, “Here, I have with me a quarter of a shekel ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver, and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.”

2 Kings 5:5

5 And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

So he went, ^btaking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of gold, and ten ^dchanges of clothing.