Berean Standard Bible
1 Kings 10:14-21
14The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,1 15not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold2 went into each shield. 17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold3 went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
18Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 19The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. 20Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
21All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
Notes
- 1. 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents is approximately 25.1 tons or 22.8 metric tons of gold. ↩
- 2. 1 Kings 10:16 600 shekels is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of gold. ↩
- 3. 1 Kings 10:17 3 minas is approximately 3.77 pounds or 1.71 kilograms of gold; possibly a reference to double minas, that is, approximately 7.54 pounds or 3.42 kilograms. ↩
Commentaries on 1 Kings 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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