1 Kings 9:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.”
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BSBPD
“And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Hiram sendeth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Kings 9:14 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 9:11King 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 9:28They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:10Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:14The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
- 1 Kings 10:21All 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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