1 Kings 10:14

Solomon’s Splendor

14 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,^[a]

1 Kings 10:14 in Other Translations

14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

14 Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold.

14 Solomon received twenty-five tons of gold in tribute annually.

14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon annually was 25 tons,

1 Kings 10:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 10:14

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold.
] From Ophir and Tarshish, and wherever he traded; which was of our money, according to Berewood ^F11, 2,997,000 pounds; or as another learned man ^F12, who makes it equal to 5,138,520 ducats of gold.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 De Ponder. & Pret. c. 5.
F12 Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 580.

1 Kings 10:14 In-Context

12 The king used the almugwood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almugwood has never been imported or seen since that day.)

13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.

14 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,

15 not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.

16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Kings 9:28

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons