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        1 Chronicles 29:7 Ezra 2:69 8:27 Nehemiah 7:70-72 <p> </p>

        <p> A gold coin current in [[Palestine]] after the return from Babylon. The [[Persian]] kings issued it; the obverse having the king with bow and javelin or dagger, the reverse a square; 128 grains troy. Ezra 2:69; Ezra 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70-72; 1 Chronicles 29:7, "drams" KJV. Derived from [[Darius]] the Mede, or else dara , "a king", the regal coin (compare our "crown".) The [[Greek]] drachma , our dram, is related. </p>

        Ezra 2:69 Nehemiah 7:70 7:72 Ezra 8:27 <p> </p>

        <p> <strong> DARIC </strong> See Money, § <strong> 3 </strong> . </p>

        <p> Daric. (From Dara, a king). Authorized Version, "dram," 1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 2:69; Ezra 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70-72. A gold coin current in Palestine, in the period after the return from Babylon. It weighed 128 grains, and was worth about five dollars. </p> <p> At these times, there was no large issue of gold money except by the [[Persian]] kings. The darics which have been discovered are thick pieces of pure gold, of archaic style, bearing on the obverse the figure of a king with bow and javelin or bow and dagger, and on the reverse an irregular incuse square. The silver daric was worth about fifty cents. </p>

        <p> '''''dar´ik''''' ( דּרכּמון , <i> '''''darkemōn''''' </i> , and אדרכּון , <i> ''''''adharkōn''''' </i> ; δαρεικός , <i> '''''dareikós''''' </i> ): A P ersian gold coin about a guinea or five dollars in value. The first form of the word occurs in 1 Chronicles 29:7; Ezra 2:69 , and Nehemiah 7:70-72; the second in Ezra 8:27 and is rendered, "dram" in the King James Version and "daric" in the Revised Version (British and American). In the passage in Chronicles, it must refer to a weight, since at the time of [[David]] there were no coins, but in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah the [[Persian]] darics were current. See [[Money]] . </p>

        <p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Daric'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/d/daric.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p>

        <p> A gold coin current in ancient Persia, stamped with an archer kneeling, and weighing little over a sovereign. </p>

        <ref name="term_31145"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_35082"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_39687"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_50603"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/daric Daric from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>

        <ref name="term_72197"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/daric Daric from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

        <ref name="term_3030"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/daric Daric from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>

        <ref name="term_36573"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/daric Daric from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>

        <ref name="term_71778"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/daric Daric from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>