What does 1 Kings 10:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,"
Verse 1 Kings 10:14. _THE WEIGHT OF GOLD - WAS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX_ _TALENTS_] This would amount in our money to _£_4,683,675 12_s_. 8 1/2_d_. sterling. This seems to be what he got annuall...
SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX TALENTS OF GOLD - About 3,646, 350 of our money. Solomon’s annual revenue exceeded that of Oriental empires very much greater in extent than his, and must have made him...
6. SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: HIS GREAT RICHES AND SPLENDOUR CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The visit of the Queen (1 Kings 10:1)_ 2. Solomon's enormous wealth (1 Kings 10:14) 3. the targets and shields (1...
1 KINGS 10. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA. By Sheba or Saba a district in S. Arabia is meant. The Sabæ ans were known to the Israelites as exporters of gold (Isaiah 60:6; Psalms 72:15); Ezekiel (Ezekiel...
CAME. Probably in tariffs. SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX. 666. Symbolical of the height or essence of man's desire, but all vanity (App-10). Compare Ecclesiastes 2:8; Ecclesiastes 2:11; 1 Timothy 6:...
Solomon's revenue, his magnificence and his traffic (2 Chronicles 9:13-24) 14. _six hundred threescore and six talents of gold_ Taking the gold shekel at the value of £2, and 3000 shekels in one talen...
III. INDICATIONS OF SOLOMON'S GLORY 10:14-29 The account of the visit of the queen of Sheba is followed by a description of Solomon's revenues, his throne, and various other particulars of his wealth...
_NOW THE WEIGHT OF GOLD THAT CAME TO SOLOMON IN ONE YEAR WAS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX TALENTS OF GOLD,_ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year - 666 talents, equal to 3,996,000...
SOLOMON AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 1. Sheba] the Sheba of Genesis 10:28 (in Arabia), not of Genesis 10:7 (in Africa). Arabia seems frequently to have been ruled by queens; more than one is mentioned in t...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 10 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S VISIT V1 The Queen of Sheba heard about Solomon’s fame and how he gave honour to the *Lord. So she came to test...
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...
וַֽ יְהִי֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל הַ זָּהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁר ־בָּ֥א לִ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בְּ שָׁנָ֣ה אֶחָ֑ת שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֛ות...
SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY 1 Kings 10:1. "O Luxury! thou curs'd by Heaven's decree! How do thy potions with insidious joy Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms by thee to sickly greatne...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 4:1; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 6:1; 1 Kings 7:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...
The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon shows how far his fame was spread abroad. Moreover, reports had coupled Solomon's wisdom and greatness with the name of Jehovah. The Queen of Sheba saw what the g...
_Gold. His stated revenue was, 4,646,350 l. sterling. (Haydock)_...
(14) В¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, (15) Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchan...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
The king of Tyre also was dependent on the king of Israel; and the queen of Sheba comes from the far south to delight herself in the wisdom of the head of God's people, and to be filled with wonder at...
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 Berewoo...
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, Ver. 14. _Now the weight of gold that came. to Solomon._] From Ophir, Tarshish, and other p...
_Now the weight of gold_, &c. The history of the queen of Sheba being ended, the writer returns to give an account of Solomon's riches and magnificence, which he had begun to set forth before. And fir...
1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wisdome of Solomon. 14 Solomons gold. 16 His targets. 18 The throne of Iuorie. 21 His vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His chariots and horse. 28 His tribute. 1...
Now, the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year, from all sources, WAS SIX HUNDRED THREESCORE AND SIX TALENTS OF GOLD, far over eleven million dollars, at the lowest estimate,...
THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA (vs.1-13) News of Solomon's greatness spread through the nations. It was not however his greatness itself that impressed the Queen of Sheba, but his fame concerning t...
14-29 Solomon increased his wealth. Silver was nothing accounted of. Such is the nature of worldly wealth, plenty of it makes it the less valuable; much more should the enjoyment of spiritual riches l...
Which amounts to about two millions of our money. And this gold did not come from Ophir in India, or Tarshish; but from Arabia and Ethiopia, and other parts, which then were well replenished with gold...
1 Kings 10:14 weight H4948 gold H2091 came H935 (H8804) Solomon H8010 yearly H259 H8141 six H8337 hundred H3967 sixty-six H8346 H8337 talents H3603 gold H2091 was six hundred - 1 Kings 9:28....
A DESCRIPTION OF KING SOLOMON'S TOYS (1 KINGS 10:14). With the wealth that was pouring into his country Solomon made himself some ostentatious ‘toys. These included both large and small shields of co...
CONTENTS: Solomon and the queen of Sheba. His revenue and splendor. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, queen of Sheba. CONCLUSION: That fame is true fame which has associated with it the name of the Lord and...
1 Kings 10:1. _Sheba,_ from Saba, the eldest son of Cush. Genesis 10:7. The country extending itself from the Gulf of Persia to the Red sea. The claims of the Abyssinians to the queen of this country,...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 10:14 WEIGHT OF GOLD. The accumulation of gold continues. It is mentioned no fewer than 11 times in vv. 1 Kings 10:14, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 10:21, 1 Kings 10:25. It arrives i...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 10:15. BESIDE … OF THE MERCHANTMEN, AND … MERCHANTS—the words rendered “merchantmen,” אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּרִים have been conjectured to mean “fines of the subject” ...
EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S WEALTH, POMP, AND POWER. The visit of the Queen of Sheba, in itself a striking proof of the fame and greatness of Solomon, is followed by a description of his revenues, his thron...
Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and so she came to Jerusalem with a very great company of people, camels, spices, a lot of gold, and precious stones: and as she came to Solomon, sh...
1 Kings 9:28...
Six hundred, &c. — Which amounts to about three millions of our money. And this gold did not come from Ophir in India, or Tharshish; but from Arabia and Ethiopia, which then were replenished with gold...