Which amounts to about two millions of our money. And this gold did not come from Ophir in India, or Tarshish; but from Arabia and Ethiopia, and other parts, which then were well replenished with gold, though since exhausted by the insatiable avarice of succeeding ages. read more
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—1 Kings 10:15. Beside … of the merchantmen, and … merchants—the words rendered “merchantmen,” אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּרִים have been conjectured to mean “fines of the subject” (provinces); but, literally, they signify “men of the travellers” i.e., travelling traders dealing in the larger merchandise; then the word “merchants” רֹכְלִים—will mean “pedlers” dealing in inferior wares. Yet הַתָּרִים is used in Numbers 14:6 of the men Moses sent to view and report upon the land;... read more
Chapter 10Now the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon and so she came to Jerusalem with a very great company of people, camels, spices, a lot of gold, and precious stones: and as she came to Solomon, she communed everything that was in her heart. And Solomon told her all of the questions that she asked: not any thing hid from the king, that he did not tell her. And the queen of Sheba had seen all of Solomon's wisdom, the house that he had built, the meat at his table ( 1 Kings 10:1-5... read more
1 Kings 10:1 . Sheba, from Saba, the eldest son of Cush. Genesis 10:7. The country extending itself from the Gulf of Persia to the Red sea. The claims of the Abyssinians to the queen of this country, seem grounded merely on the pride of unfounded tradition. 1 Kings 10:14 . Six hundred threescore and six talents of gold. The weight of one talent is estimated by Suidas at sixty pounds, or three thousand shekels of gold. A pound, a hundred drachms A drachm, six obeli An obulus, six brass... read more
1Ki 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, Ver. 14. Now the weight of gold that came. to Solomon. ] From Ophir, Tarshish, and other places. Was six hundred threescore and six talents. ] Two millions and a half plus or minus. read more
am 2989-3029, bc 1015-975 was six hundred: Equal to 4,683,675 12s. 8d. sterling; which was what he got annually in bullion. See note on 1 Kings 9:28. Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:14 - General 1 Chronicles 22:14 - an hundred thousand 2 Chronicles 9:13 - the weight Psalms 72:15 - to him read more
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,Six hundred, … — Which amounts to about three millions of our money. And this gold did not come from Ophir in India, or Tharshish; but from Arabia and Ethiopia, which then were replenished with gold, though exhausted by the insatiable avarice of succeeding Ages. read more
SOLOMON’S VAST REVENUES, 1 Kings 10:14-29. 14. Six hundred threescore and six talents of gold There is no settled agreement as to the value of the Hebrew talent, but at the least calculation this was not less than fifteen millions of dollars of our currency. In thus greatly multiplying gold and silver to himself, Solomon transgressed the law of God. Deuteronomy 17:17. read more
Get Bible verse every day in your inbox
Read on Mobile
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 10:1-29
1 Kings 10. Visit of the Queen of Sheba.— By Sheba or Saba a district in S. Arabia is meant. The Sabæ ans were known to the Israelites as exporters of gold ( Isaiah 60:6, Psalms 72:15); Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 27:23) says that they dealt extensively with Tyre. In Job ( Job 1:15, Job 6:19), they are represented as marauders. The civilisation of Arabia was considerable, and much light has been thrown on it by scholars like Hommel and Glaser. Our Lord calls the queen of Sheba the “ queen of the south”... read more