1 Kings 10:14 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 10:14

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

KJV

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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 (k), 2,997,000 pounds; or as another learned man (l), who makes it equal to 5,138,520 ducats of gold. (k) De Ponder. & Pret. c. 5. (l) Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 580.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיְהִי֙	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
מִשְׁקַ֣ל	mish.Kal	[the] weight of	H4948 →
הַזָּהָ֔ב	ha.za.Hav	the gold	H2091 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
בָּ֥א	ba'	it came	H935 →
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	lish.lo.Moh	to Solomon	H8010 →
בְּשָׁנָ֣ה	be.sha.Nah	in a year	H8141 →
אֶחָ֑ת	'e.Chat	one	H259 →
שֵׁ֥שׁ	shesh	six	H8337 →
מֵא֛וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
שִׁשִּׁ֥ים	shi.Shim	sixty	H8346 →
וָשֵׁ֖שׁ	va.Shesh	and six	H8337 →
כִּכַּ֥ר	ki.Kar	talent[s] of	H3603 →
זָהָֽב׃	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →

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Through
1 Kings 9:28
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:18
  So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to…
- 1 Chronicles 29:4
  three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings,
- 1 Kings 10:11
  (The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
- Psalms 45:9
  The daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
- Job 28:16
  It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.