The readers should understand that Solomon probably commanded other people to do the actual work. AT: "Solomon's workers built ... They overlaid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
"600 talents." A talent is 33 kilograms. AT: "about 20 metric tons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])
# fifty shekels
"50 shekels." A shekel is 11 grams. AT: ".55 kilograms" or "about a half a kilogram"(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bmoney]])