A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. Alternate translation: "about 6.6 kilograms of silver ... about 1.7 kilograms" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]])
This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "His merchants then sold many of these" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])