1 Kings 10:14

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14 ¹Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 * * talents of gold,

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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.

FOOTNOTES:

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

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 10:14 In-Context

12 The king made of the almug trees supports for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day.

13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested, besides what he gave her according to his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land together with her servants.

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

15 besides that from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.

16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield.

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1 Kings 10:14 Meaning and Commentary

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