1 Kings 10:14

Solomon's Great Wealth

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

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 the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day.

13 And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what was given her by the bounty of King Solomon. So she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

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

15 besides that which came from the explorers and from the business of the merchants, and from all the kings of the west and from the governors of the land.

16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 14-28, see 2 Chronicles 9:13-28