1 Kings 10:14
New International Version
The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,

New Living Translation
Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold.

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

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

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

New King James Version
The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,

New American Standard Bible
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

NASB 1995
Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

NASB 1977
Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

Amplified Bible
Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,

Christian Standard Bible
The weight of gold that came to Solomon annually was twenty-five tons,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The weight of gold that came to Solomon annually was 25 tons,

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the weight of gold that was coming to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon received almost 23 tons of gold a year.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon every year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold:

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The gold that came to Solomon in one year weighed 49,950 pounds,

Good News Translation
Every year King Solomon received over twenty-five tons of gold,

International Standard Version
Solomon's annual revenue was 666 talents of gold,

JPS Tanakh 1917
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,

Literal Standard Version
And the weight of the gold that has come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

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

New American Bible
The gold that came to Solomon in one year weighed six hundred and sixty-six gold talents,

NET Bible
Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,

New Revised Standard Version
The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

New Heart English Bible
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

Webster's Bible Translation
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold,

World English Bible
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

Young's Literal Translation
And the weight of the gold that hath come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty and six talents of gold,

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Context
Solomon's Wealth and Splendor
14The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, 15not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.…

Cross References
1 Kings 10:13
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired--whatever she asked--besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

2 Chronicles 9:13
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

Ecclesiastes 2:8
and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men--many concubines.


Treasury of Scripture

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

A.

1 Kings 9:28
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

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1 Kings 10
1. The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon
14. Solomon's gold
16. His targets
18. The throne of ivory
21. His vessels
24. His presents
26. his chariots and horse
28. his tribute














(14) Talents.--The word properly signifies a "circle," or "globe," and the talent (among the Hebrews and other Orientals, as among the Greeks) denoted properly a certain weight. (a) The ordinary talent of gold contained 100 "manehs," or "portions" (the Greek mna, or mina), and each maneh (as is seen by comparing 1Kings 10:17 with 2Chronicles 9:16) contained 100 shekels of gold. According to Josephus (Ant. xiv. 7, 1), each maneh contained 2� Roman pounds, and the talent, therefore, 250 Roman pounds, or 1,262,500 grains; and this agrees fairly with his computation elsewhere (Ant. iii. 8, 10), that the gold shekel was equivalent to the daric, which is about 129 grains. (See Dictionary of the Bible: "WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.") According to this calculation, 666 talents would give a weight of gold now worth 7,780,000. (b) On the other hand, the talent of silver is expressly given (by comparison of Exodus 30:13-15; Exodus 38:25-28) at 3,000 "shekels of the sanctuary," and such a shekel appears, by the extant Maccabaean coins, to be about 220 grains. Of such talents, 666 would give a little more than half the former weight; hence, if the talent of gold here be supposed to be in weight the same as the talent of silver, the whole would give a weight of gold now worth about 4,000,000. Considering that this is expressly stated to be independent of certain customs and tributes, the smaller sum seems more probable; in any case, the amount is surprisingly large. But it should be remembered that at certain times and places accumulations of gold have taken place, so great as practically to reduce its value, and lead to its employment, not as a currency, but as a precious ornament. Making all allowance for exaggeration, this must have been the case among the Mexicans and Peruvians before the Spanish conquests. It is not improbable that the same may have occurred in the time of Solomon.

Verse 14. - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year [probably one particular and exceptional year, probably also the year of the queen's visit, not year by year (Wordsworth, al.), as the Vulgate (per singulos annos). One fleet only came home from its voyage after three years, and the gold would hardly weigh precisely 666 talents year by year] was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold. [The correspondence with the number of the Beast (Revelation 13:18; cf. Ezra 2:13) is in all probability not altogether accidental. It is possible, i.e., that the number of the beast is a reminiscence of this number of talents. For we may surely see in this statement of Solomon's prodigious wealth an indication of his worldliness, the turning point, perhaps, in his estrangement from God. "The love of money" may have been the root of all his evil. It is certainly remarkable that from this time forward his career is one of steady declension. It is also remarkable that while he is here represented to us as a "royal merchant," the mark of the beast is on the buyers and sellers (Revelation 13:17). But see "Expositor," May, 1881. It is, of course, possible that the number has been corrupted, but, on the other hand, it may have been recorded, partly because of the singularity of the sum total. The 666 talents include the receipts from all sources - taxes, tribute, and voyages - with the exception made presently (ver. 15). Rawlinson quotes Keil (in his earlier edition) as estimating this amount at £3,646,350. But in his later work, Keil puts it in round numbers at two and a half millions (17,000,000 thalers), while Mr. Peele calculates it at about £8,000,000. These widely varying figures are instructive, as showing that both estimates are little more than guesswork. We do not know the value of the Hebrew talent, nor, indeed, can it ever be rightly appraised until we know its purchasing power. The denarius, e.g., is generally valued at 8½ d. (or 7½ d.) because it contained some 58 grains of pure silver but its real value was nearer three shillings, inasmuch as it was a fair wage for a day's work on the land (Matthew 20:2). In any case, it is clear that this sum should hardly be compared with the annual revenue of other Oriental empires, as by Rawlinson (see above).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The weight
מִשְׁקַ֣ל (miš·qal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4948: Weight, weighing

of gold
הַזָּהָ֔ב (haz·zā·hāḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

came
בָּ֥א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Solomon
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה (liš·lō·mōh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne

each year
בְּשָׁנָ֣ה (bə·šā·nāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

was
וַֽיְהִי֙ (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

666
שֵׁ֥שׁ (šêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 8337: Six (a cardinal number)

talents,
כִּכַּ֥ר (kik·kar)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money)


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