14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
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And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-29)We have here a further account of Solomon’s prosperity. I. How he increased his wealth. Though he had much, he still coveted to have more, being willing to try the utmost the things of this world could do to make men happy. 1. Besides the gold that came from Ophir (1 Kgs. 9:28), he brought so much into his country from other places that the whole amounted, every year, to 666 talents (1 Kgs. 10:14)…
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