1 Kings 4:20

Solomon’s Wealth and Fame

4:20 The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy.

1 Kings 1:19

1:19 He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon.

1 Kings 10:27

10:27 The king made silver as plentiful 1  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was 2  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. 3 

1 Kings 1:25

1:25 For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king’s sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment 4  they are having a feast 5  in his presence, and they have declared, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 6 

1 Kings 10:10

10:10 She gave the king 120 talents 7  of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. 8 

1 tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.

2 tn Heb “he made.”

3 tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

1 tn Heb “look.”

2 tn Heb “eating and drinking.”

3 tn Heb “let the king, Adonijah, live!”

1 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”

2 tn Heb “there has not come like those spices yet for quantity which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”