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2 Chronicles 9:13

in 2 Chronicles 9

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

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

This verse in 2 Chronicles 9

Commentary

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This site's exposition

The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year

on 2 Chronicles 9:13-16

The yearly gold, “666 talents,” funds two hundred large shields and three hundred small shields kept in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. The shields do not stay Solomon's: 12:9 records Shishak taking “the gold shields that Solomon had made,” and Rehoboam makes bronze shields in their place.

The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִי֙and it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • מִשְׁקַ֣ל[the] weight of

    mishkalH4948 →49 times

  • הַזָּהָ֔בthe gold

    hazahavH2091 →389 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • בָּ֥אit came

    ba'H935 →2568 times

  • לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖הto Solomon

    lishlomohH8010 →291 times

  • בְּשָׁנָ֣הin a year

    beshanahH8141 →877 times

  • אֶחָ֑תone

    ʾechatH259 →971 times

  • שֵׁ֥שׁsix

    sheshH8337 →216 times

  • מֵא֛וֹתhundred<s>

    meotH3967 →581 times

  • וְשִׁשִּׁ֥יםand sixty

    veshishimH8346 →59 times

  • וָשֵׁ֖שׁand six

    vasheshH8337 →216 times

  • כִּכְּרֵ֥יtalents of

    kikereiH3603 →68 times

  • זָהָֽב׃gold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 72:10

    May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 60:6

      Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 68:29

      Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.

    • Isaiah 49:7

      Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes…

  • Through

    Psalms 68:29

    Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 45:12

      The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Kings 10:10

      Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave…

    • 1 Chronicles 29:3

      Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy…

    • Psalms 76:11

      Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

  • Through

    Psalms 72:15

    Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 10:14

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

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.