1 Kings 9:14

9:14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents ¹  of gold.

1 Kings 10:10

10:10 She gave the king 120 talents ²  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. ³ 

1 Kings 6:6

6:6 The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet ⁴  wide, the middle floor nine feet ⁵  wide, and the third floor ten and a half ⁶  feet wide. He made ledges ⁷  on the temple’s outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. ⁸ 

[9:14]  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 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”

[10:10]  ² 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.”

[10:10]  ³ tn Heb “there has not come like those spices yet for quantity which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[6:6]  ³ tn Heb “five cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “six cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “seven cubits.”

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Or “offsets” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “offset ledges.”

[6:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “so that [the beams] would not have a hold in the walls of the temple.”