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Solomon’s Additional Achievements

1 Kings 9:14

In 11 translations

BSB
And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.120 talents is approximately 4.52 tons or 4.1 metric tons of gold.
KJV
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
WEB
Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 120 talents is about 3.6 metric tons
ASV
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
LSV
And Hiram sends one hundred and twenty talents of gold to the king.
YLT
And Hiram sendeth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
DBY
And Hiram had sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
DRC
And Hiram sent to king Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
GNV
And Hiram had sent the King sixe score talents of gold.
JPS
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
LXXE
And Chiram brought to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִירָ֖ם לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἤνεγκε Χιρὰμ τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἑκατὸν καὶ εἴκοσι τάλαντα χρυσίου.

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👤 Hiram◆ Reign of Solomon

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 9:11King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
  • 1 Kings 9:28They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.
  • 1 Kings 10:21All 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.
  • 1 Kings 10:14The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
  • 1 Kings 10:10Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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