1 Kings 10:14

14 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

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 And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

13 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

14 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

15 In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

16 And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of gold in it.