1 Kings 10:14

14 The weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year [was] six hundred and sixty-six 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 The king made a raised structure for the house of Yahweh and for the house of the king out of the almug wood, as well as lyres and harps for the singers. [This much] almug wood has not come nor been seen [again] up to this day.

13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all of her desire that she asked, besides that which {King Solomon freely offered her}. Then she turned and went to her land with her servants.

14 The weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year [was] six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,

15 apart from [that of] the men of the traders and the profits of the traders, and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the land.

16 King Solomon made two hundred shields of hammered gold; six hundred [measures of] gold went up over each shield.