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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.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Daric'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/d/daric.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Daric'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/d/daric.html. 1949.
