1 Kings 10:14-15

Solomon’s Wealth

10:14 Solomon received 666 talents ¹  of gold per year, ²  10:15 besides what he collected from the merchants, ³  traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.

[10:14]  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 50,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “twenty-five tons”; TEV “almost 23,000 kilogrammes.”

[10:14]  ² tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”

[10:15]  ³ tn Heb “traveling men.”