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Esther 3:9

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

3:9
If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.’
If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver (note: 10,000 talents is approximately 377 tons or 342 metric tons of silver.) into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”