Verse Lens · Expanded explanation
1 Kings 10:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 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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Quick Meaning
The number is Solomon's reported annual gold income. It belongs to a wealth inventory before his decline.
The weight of gold in one year is six hundred sixty-six talents
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 10:14–17. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 10:14–17
Read 1 Kings 10:14 with 10:14–17. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: States the annual weight of gold flowing to Solomon; turns more gold into three hundred smaller shields stored in the Lebanon Forest building.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Annual gold becomes shields,” 1 Kings 10:14 opens the thought unit and establishes its first action or speech through the wording “Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 1 Kings 10:1–13 establishes this prior movement: Introduces the queen of Sheba's journey to test Solomon's renowned wisdom with difficult questions; records Solomon's reciprocal gifts before the queen and her servants return home. 1 Kings 10:14–17 continues the same royal, temple, household, prophetic, or military movement; that demonstrated relationship, rather than database adjacency alone, explains its placement.
Read 1 Kings 10:14–17 together
Why these verses belong together: Annual gold becomes shields is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 10:14–10:17.
Verse 14. 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
Verse 15. 15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
Verse 16. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
Verse 17. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Follow the Context
- States the annual weight of gold flowing to Solomon
- Turns more gold into three hundred smaller shields stored in the Lebanon Forest building
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“six hundred threescore and six talents”
In plain language: The number is Solomon's reported annual gold income.
It belongs to a wealth inventory before his decline.
Why it matters: It is not a Revelation code, conspiracy map, or date key.
How certain? very strongWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
1 Kings 10:14 does not permit the wording “Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six…” to be read apart from the selected verse's context. Solomon's annual 666 talents do not supply a Revelation code, conspiracy map, date-setting key, prosperity promise, or meaning beyond this reported wealth total.
What Remains True
Wealth, military reach, trade, and public splendor remain answerable to covenant faithfulness, affected people, honest accounting, and the ends they serve. This unit tests that truth through states the annual weight of gold flowing to Solomon; turns more gold into three hundred smaller shields stored in the Lebanon Forest building. In 1 Kings 10:14, the concrete line “Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Teach It Back
In 70–220 words, explain 1 Kings 10:14's role in 10:14–17. Paraphrase “Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six…,” identify one agent or affected person, state one material source or historical limit, and name one conclusion the context does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 10:14–17 — Annual gold becomes shieldsSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The received Hebrew narrative and its KJV presentation are clear enough to follow this movement, while precise source history, chronology, motives, textual development, and external correlation require graded confidence rather than invented certainty.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 10:14–17, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 10:14–17
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 604–605, translation and translator notes for 10:14–17
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