2 Chronicles 1:16

1:16 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt ¹  and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.

2 Chronicles 3:9

3:9 The gold nails weighed 50 shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold.

2 Chronicles 9:13

Solomon’s Wealth

9:13 Solomon received 666 talents ²  of gold per year, ³ 

2 Chronicles 9:24

9:24 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 11:11

11:11 He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

¹ sn Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see 1 Kgs 10:28-29 as a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia or Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.

² tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “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, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold Solomon received annually was 44,822 lbs. (20,380 kg).

³ tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 units of gold.”

³ tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”