2 Chronicles 9:13-28
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Solomon’s Great Wealth
13 The weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,(A) 14 besides that which the traders and merchants brought, and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels[a] of beaten gold went into each large shield. 16 He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels[b] of gold went into each shield, and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 17 The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps and a footstool of gold, which were attached to the throne, and on each side of the seat were arm rests and two lions standing beside the arm rests,(B) 19 while twelve lions were standing, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom.(C) 20 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[c](D)
22 Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.(E) 23 All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 24 Every one of them brought a present, objects of silver and gold, garments, weaponry, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. 25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.(F) 26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the territory of Egypt.(G) 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone and cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.(H) 28 Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.(I)
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2 Chronicles 9:13-28
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Solomon’s Wealth
13 The weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents,[a] 14 not counting what the traders and merchants were bringing. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land also kept bringing gold and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold. Seven and a half pounds[b] of hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold. Almost four pounds[c] of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 The king made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 There were six steps up to the throne. A golden footstool was attached to the throne, and there were armrests on either side of the seat. There were two lions standing beside the armrests 19 and twelve lions standing on the steps, one on each end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any kingdom.
20 All of King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold. All the utensils in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold.[d] Silver was not thought to be worth anything in the days of Solomon, 21 because the king’s ships would go to Tarshish[e] with the servants of Huram, and once every three years the Tarshish ships would return, bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.[f]
22 King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom. 23 All the kings of the earth were seeking an audience with Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 24 Each of them would bring his gift: articles of silver and gold, clothing, scents,[g] spices, horses, and mules, year after year.
25 Solomon had four thousand teams[h] of horses and chariots and twelve thousand charioteers. He stationed them in the chariot cities and in Jerusalem with him.
26 He was ruling over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, to the border of Egypt.
27 The king made silver in Jerusalem as plentiful as ordinary stones, and the cedars were like the sycamore fig trees, which are so abundant in the Shephelah.[i]
28 Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all the lands.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:13 Almost fifty thousand pounds
- 2 Chronicles 9:15 The Hebrew reads six hundred ___ of gold. Six hundred bekas would be seven and a half pounds, but the Hebrew text supplies no unit of measure. If the unit of measurement is the shekel, the weight in pounds would double.
- 2 Chronicles 9:16 The Hebrew reads three hundred ____ of gold. The parallel in 1 Kings 10:17 reads three minas. A mina is sixty or perhaps fifty shekels. The ratio of bekas to minas supports the idea that the weight here is bekas.
- 2 Chronicles 9:20 Literally closed gold. Perhaps this means gold plate, but most translators think it means pure gold.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or the king had ships that could go to Tarshish. In other passages Tarshish is located on the Mediterranean Sea, but everything in this passage points to trade on the Red Sea. In that case, this phrase refers to the type of ship, not to the destination. Or there may be an otherwise unknown Tarshish on the Red Sea.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or apes or baboons
- 2 Chronicles 9:24 Or tools and weapons
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 Or stalls
- 2 Chronicles 9:27 That is, the western foothills
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