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1 Kings 10:14-29
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Solomon’s Wealth

14 Solomon received 666 talents[a] of gold per year,[b] 15 besides what he collected from the merchants,[c] traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land. 16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures[d] of gold were used for each shield. 17 He also made 300 small shields of hammered gold; three minas[e] of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.[f]

18 The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 19 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.[g] 20 There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.[h]

21 All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.[i] 22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships[j] that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet[k] came into port with cargoes of[l] gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[m]

23 King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.[n] 24 Everyone[o] in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.[p] 25 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.[q]

26 Solomon accumulated[r] chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.[s] 27 The king made silver as plentiful[t] in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was[u] as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.[v] 28 Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt[w] and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que. 29 They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.[x]

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  1. 1 Kings 10:14 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.”
  2. 1 Kings 10:14 tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”
  3. 1 Kings 10:15 tn Heb “from the traveling men.”
  4. 1 Kings 10:16 tn The Hebrew text has simply “six hundred,” with no unit of measure given.
  5. 1 Kings 10:17 sn Three minas. The mina was a unit of measure for weight.
  6. 1 Kings 10:17 sn The Palace of the Lebanon Forest. This name was appropriate because of the large amount of cedar, undoubtedly brought from Lebanon, used in its construction. The cedar pillars in the palace must have given it the appearance of a forest.
  7. 1 Kings 10:19 tn Heb “[There were] armrests on each side of the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.”
  8. 1 Kings 10:20 tn Heb “nothing like it had been made for all the kingdoms.”
  9. 1 Kings 10:21 tn Heb “there was no silver, it was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon.”
  10. 1 Kings 10:22 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
  11. 1 Kings 10:22 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
  12. 1 Kings 10:22 tn Heb “came carrying.”
  13. 1 Kings 10:22 tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”
  14. 1 Kings 10:23 tn Heb “King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth with respect to wealth and with respect to wisdom.”
  15. 1 Kings 10:24 tc The Old Greek translation and Syriac Peshitta have “all the kings of the earth.” See 2 Chr 9:23.
  16. 1 Kings 10:24 tn Heb “and all the earth was seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had placed in his heart.”
  17. 1 Kings 10:25 tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”
  18. 1 Kings 10:26 tn Or “gathered.”
  19. 1 Kings 10:26 tn Heb “he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.”
  20. 1 Kings 10:27 tn The words “as plentiful” are added for clarification.
  21. 1 Kings 10:27 tn Heb “he made.”
  22. 1 Kings 10:27 sn The foothills (שְׁפֵלָה, shephelah) are the region between the Judean hill country and the Mediterranean coastal plain.
  23. 1 Kings 10:28 sn From Egypt. Because Que is also mentioned, some prefer to see in vv. 28-29 a reference to Mutsur. Que and Mutsur were located in Cilicia/Cappadocia (in modern southern Turkey). See HALOT 625 s.v. מִצְרַיִם.
  24. 1 Kings 10:29 tn Heb “and a chariot went up and came out of Egypt for six hundred silver [pieces], and a horse for one hundred fifty, and in the same way to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram by their hand they brought out.”
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1 Kings 10:14-29
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Solomon’s wealth

14 Solomon received an annual income of six hundred sixty-six kikkars of gold, 15 not including income from the traders, the merchants and their profits, all the Arabian kings, and the officials of the land. 16 King Solomon made two hundred body-sized shields of hammered gold, using fifteen pounds[a] of gold in each shield, 17 and three hundred small shields of hammered gold, using sixty ounces[b] of gold in each shield. The king placed these in the Forest of Lebanon Palace.

18 The king also made a large ivory throne and covered it with pure gold. 19 Six steps led up to the throne, and the back of the throne was rounded at the top. Two lions stood beside the armrests on both sides of the throne. 20 Another twelve lions stood on both sides of the six steps. No other kingdom had anything like this. 21 All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were made of gold, and all the items in the Forest of Lebanon Palace were made of pure gold, not silver, since even silver wasn’t considered good enough in Solomon’s time! 22 The royal fleet of Tarshish-style ships was at sea with Hiram’s fleet, returning once every three years with gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.[c]

23 King Solomon far exceeded all the earth’s kings in wealth and wisdom, 24 and so the whole earth wanted an audience with Solomon in order to hear his God-given wisdom. 25 Year after year they came with tribute: objects of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

26 Solomon acquired more and more chariots and horses until he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses that he kept in chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. 27 In Jerusalem, the king made silver as common as stones and cedar as plentiful as sycamore trees that grow in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue, purchased from Kue by the king’s agents at the going price. 29 They would import a chariot from Egypt for six hundred pieces of silver and a horse for one hundred fifty, and then export them to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.

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Notas al pie

  1. 1 Kings 10:16 Or six hundred (shekels)
  2. 1 Kings 10:17 three manehs
  3. 1 Kings 10:22 Heb uncertain
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