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An ancient unit of weight and currency — about 11 grams of silver
22 mentions across 11 books
The standard unit of exchange in ancient Israel. A worker earned about one shekel per month. Thirty shekels (the price of a slave) was what Judas received for betraying Jesus.
Shekels appear here as part of the enormous sum Naaman brings — six thousand of them in gold — illustrating his assumption that divine healing is a transaction that can be purchased with sufficient wealth.
When Everything Collapsed2 Kings 6:24-31The shekel price here signals the collapse of normal economic reality — eighty shekels for a donkey's head (normally worthless) and five for dove's dung illustrates how completely the siege has distorted Samaria's food market.
The Promise Kept — and the Warning Fulfilled2 Kings 7:16-20The shekel price point is used here as the precise fulfillment marker — the absurdly affordable grain price Elisha named is now the actual going rate at Samaria's gate, verifying the prophecy word for word.
Shekel is the unit of currency here — five shekels per uncovered firstborn, totaling 1,365 shekels, the specific price God set to redeem the 273 Israelites who had no Levitical substitute.
Not a Single Soldier MissingNumbers 31:48-54The shekel measurement here quantifies the officers' gratitude — 16,750 shekels of gold represents the combined personal plunder voluntarily surrendered by every military commander as a thank offering for their soldiers' lives.
Day One: Judah Steps Up FirstNumbers 7:12-17The shekel is used here to specify the precise weight of Nahshon's silver gifts — 130 shekels for the plate and 70 for the basin — measured by the sanctuary standard, establishing the exact quantities every subsequent chief will match.
The shekel appears here as the specific compensation amount — thirty of them — for a servant killed by a negligent owner's ox, a figure that would resonate centuries later as the price paid for Jesus's betrayal.
The ReceiptsExodus 38:24-31The Shekel is the unit of measurement used throughout the financial audit — each half-shekel census contribution from 603,550 men is tallied and traced to specific construction uses, making the accounting verifiable.
The shekel is used here to quantify the premium Ephron is charging — four hundred shekels was an enormous sum, making his 'what's that between friends?' comment a masterclass in polite price-gouging.
Stripped, Thrown, and SoldGenesis 37:23-28Twenty shekels is the price paid for Joseph — a sum representing the market value of a young male slave in the ancient Near East, reducing a son and a dreamer to a commercial transaction.
The shekel amount here — fifteen pieces of silver — is a discounted redemption price, signaling that Gomer had little value in the world's eyes, yet Hosea paid whatever it cost to bring her home.