1 Kings 10:14

Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor

14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, ^{[a] 1}

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 made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)

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

14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

15 not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

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

Cross References

• 1. (2 Chronicles 1:14–17; 2 Chronicles 9:13–28)

Footnotes

• [a] 666 talents is approximately 25.1 tons or 22.8 metric tons of gold.