1 Kings 9:14

Contextual Overview

¹⁰At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings-the temple of the LORD and the royal palace- ¹⁰ At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built these two buildings—the temple of the Lord and the royal palace— ¹⁰Now it happened that at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house ¹⁰ It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house ¹⁰ And it fortuned, that at the ende of twentie yeres when Solomon had finished the buylding of the two houses, [that is to wyte,] the house of the Lorde and the kinges palace, ¹⁰ And it happened, at the end of twenty years Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the house of the king. ¹⁰ It took 20 years for King Solomon to build the Lord 's Temple and the king's palace. ¹⁰ At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house, ¹⁰ It happened at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Yahweh and the king's house ¹⁰ And it came to passe at the end of twentie yeeres, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the Kings house,

Bible Verse Review
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1 Kings 9:11, 1 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 10:10, 1 Kings 10:14, 1 Kings 10:21

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 9:9 - she gave 2 Chronicles 9:24 - every man Ecclesiastes 2:8 - silver

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold. Not after the cities had been given him, but before; and it may be rendered "had sent" m, and is the sum of the gold he furnished him with for the temple, 1 Kings 9:11 which, according to Brerewood n, was 540,000 pounds of our money; and, according to another o writer, it amounted to 1,466,400 ducats of gold, taking a talent at 12,220 ducats.

m ישלח "miserat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. n De Ponderibus & Pretiis, Vet. Num. c. 5. o Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 571.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hiram sent sixscore talents of gold - Apparently, to show that, although disappointed, he was not offended. The sum sent was very large - above a million and a quarter of our money, according to one estimate of the weight of the Hebrew gold talent; or about 720,000 according to the estimate adopted in Exodus 38:24-29 note. At any rate, it was more than equal to a sixth part of Solomon’s regular revenue 1 Kings 10:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 9:14. Sixscore talents of gold. — This was the sum which Hiram had lent, and in order to pay this Solomon had laid a tax upon his people, as we afterward learn. The whole is very darkly expressed.