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Solomon’s Riches

14 The gold which came in to Solomon in one year weighed as much as 666 small men, 15 besides all the gold that came from the traders and all the kings of the Arabs and the leaders of the country. 16 King Solomon made 200 large body coverings for battle of beaten gold. For each covering he used 600 pieces of gold.

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Solomon’s Splendor(A)

14 The weight of the gold(B) that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,[a] 15 not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.

16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields(C) of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[b] of gold went into each shield.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:14 That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons
  2. 1 Kings 10:16 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms; also in verse 29