1 Kings 10:14

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The weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.

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  • 1 Kgs 9:28 : 28 They went to Ophir, took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
  • 2 Chr 9:13-28 : 13 The weight of the gold that came to Solomon annually was six hundred sixty-six talents, 14 not counting what the merchants and traders brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; each shield needed six hundred shekels of hammered gold. 16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels of gold in each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 17 The king made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, and a gold footstool was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with two lions standing beside the armrests. 19 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at each end of a step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any kingdom. 20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon’s days. 21 The king's ships, operated with Huram’s servants, went to Tarshish once every three years. They brought back gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 22 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth. 23 All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. 24 Each year, men brought their gifts to Solomon: articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. 25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees in the foothills. 28 Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all other lands.

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  • 2 Chr 9:12-16
    5 verses
    96%

    12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

    13 The weight of the gold that came to Solomon annually was six hundred sixty-six talents,

    14 not counting what the merchants and traders brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; each shield needed six hundred shekels of hammered gold.

    16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels of gold in each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10 And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    11 Moreover, Hiram’s ships, which had brought gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood and precious stones.

  • 1 Kgs 10:15-17
    3 verses
    79%

    15 This did not include the income from the merchants, traders, and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.

    16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; each shield contained six hundred shekels of gold.

    17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:14
    79%

    14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    78%

    13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own land with her attendants.

  • 2 Chr 9:9
    78%

    9 Then she gave the king a hundred twenty talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 9:28
    76%

    28 They went to Ophir, took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

  • 1 Kgs 10:21-26
    6 verses
    74%

    21 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.

    22 The king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years, the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    23 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth.

    24 The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

    25 Every year, they brought their gifts—articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

    26 Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 10:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship with the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

    2 She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large entourage—with camels carrying spices, a great deal of gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke to him about everything that was on her mind.

    3 Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing too difficult for the king to explain to her.

    4 When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

  • Ezra 8:26
    73%

    26 And I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, 100 silver vessels worth talents, and 100 talents of gold.

  • 2 Chr 9:1
    72%

    1 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to test Solomon with hard questions in Jerusalem. She arrived with a very large entourage, including camels carrying spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke with him about everything that was on her mind.

  • 2 Chr 8:18
    72%

    18 Hiram sent him ships and servants skilled in sailing by the hands of his own servants. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, where they brought back 450 talents of gold and delivered it to King Solomon.

  • Exod 38:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 The total gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary amounted to 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

    25 The silver collected from those registered in the census of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.

  • 2 Chr 9:22-24
    3 verses
    71%

    22 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the kings of the earth.

    23 All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

    24 Each year, men brought their gifts to Solomon: articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

  • 1 Kgs 5:15
    69%

    15 King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, for he had heard that Solomon had been anointed king in place of his father, David, and Hiram had always been a friend of David.

  • 2 Chr 9:20
    69%

    20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Silver was not considered valuable in Solomon’s days.

  • 1 Chr 22:14
    69%

    14 Now, behold, in my trouble, I have prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron that it cannot be weighed, as well as timber and stone in abundance, which you may add to.

  • 1 Kgs 10:28-29
    2 verses
    69%

    28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue—the king’s merchants purchased them from Kue at the standard price.

    29 A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. These were also exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram through their agents.

  • Num 7:86
    69%

    86 The twelve golden dishes filled with incense each weighed ten shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, for a total of 120 shekels of gold.

  • 1 Kgs 7:47
    69%

    47 Solomon left all the articles unweighed because they were so numerous; the weight of the bronze could not be determined.

  • Num 7:14
    68%

    14 One golden dish weighing 10 shekels, filled with incense.

  • 2 Chr 2:2
    68%

    2 Solomon sent word to Hiram, the king of Tyre, saying, "Just as you dealt with my father David, and sent him cedar timber to build a house to live in,"

  • 1 Kgs 6:21
    68%

    21 Solomon overlaid the interior of the house with pure gold, and he placed gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which he also overlaid with gold.

  • 2 Chr 1:17
    68%

    17 A chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

  • 1 Chr 29:7
    68%

    7 They gave for the work of the house of God: five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

  • Judg 8:26
    68%

    26 The weight of the gold earrings that Gideon had requested was seventeen hundred shekels, apart from the crescent ornaments, the pendants, the purple robes worn by the kings of Midian, and the chains on the necks of their camels.

  • 2 Chr 2:17
    68%

    17 He assigned seventy thousand of them as burden-bearers, eighty thousand as stonecutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred as supervisors to oversee the work.

  • 2 Chr 9:3
    68%

    3 When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house he had built,

  • 1 Kgs 5:11
    67%

    11 He was wiser than any other man, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame spread to all the surrounding nations.

  • 1 Chr 28:14
    67%

    14 He assigned the weight of gold for all gold articles used in every kind of service, and the weight of silver for all silver articles used in every kind of service.