2 Chronicles 9:13

Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor

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

2 Chronicles 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 10:13

(See Gill on 1 Kings 10:14).

2 Chronicles 9:13 In-Context

11 The king made the algum 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 anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

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

14 not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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

Cross References

• 1. (1 Kings 10:14–29)

Footnotes

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