1 Kings 9:14
Context9:14 Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents 1 of gold.
1 Kings 10:10
Context10:10 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
Context6:6 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] 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.”