1 Kings 9:14
What does 1 Kings 9:14 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 9:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Hiram sendeth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Hiram sent to king Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Hiram had sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
Context
v.13And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
v.14This passage
v.15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 10:21
And 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: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 10:14
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
- 1 Kings 9:11
(now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
- 1 Kings 10:10
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
- 1 Kings 9:28
And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
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