2 Chronicles 1:15

1:15 The king made silver and gold as plentiful ¹  in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was ²  as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. ³ 

2 Chronicles 4:19

4:19 Solomon also made these items for God’s temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence ⁴  was kept,

2 Chronicles 9:13

Solomon’s Wealth

9:13 Solomon received 666 talents ⁵  of gold per year, ⁶ 

[1:15]  ¹ tn The words “as plentiful” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[1:15]  ² tn Heb “he made.”

[1:15]  ³ tn Heb “as the sycamore fig trees which are in the Shephelah.”

[4:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “the bread of the face/presence.”

[9:13]  ⁷ 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).

[9:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 units of gold.”