Bible Strands
1 Kings 9:14
And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative follows Solomon’s grant of twenty Galilean towns to Hiram of Tyre. Hiram sends gold to King Solomon after the land exchange.
The words — כִכַּר (ki.Kar) = talents; מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים (me.'ah ve.'esrim) = one hundred and twenty.
The thread — This matches the 120 talents later given by the Queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10:10) and contrasts with Solomon’s own 420-talent Ophir haul (1 Kings 9:28).
Why it lands — The text records a measured financial transfer that balances the earlier land grant. It requires the reader to track the economic and political weight of the tribute without assuming spiritual significance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 9:11 King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
- 1 Kings 9:28 They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:10 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
- 1 Kings 10:21 All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.