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1 Kings 9:14

Hiram

12 So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.

13 “What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul, as they are called to this day.

And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.

15 This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

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BSB
And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.
KJV
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
WEB
Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.
ASV
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
DARBY
And Hiram had sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
BLB
And Hiram had sent to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
ÅB
Men Hiram hadde sendt kongen hundre og tyve talenter gull.
OTB
Og Hiram sendte til kongen hundre og tjue talenter gull.
B1930
Men Hiram hadde sendt kongen hundre og tyve talenter gull.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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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.

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  • 1 Kings 10:14

    The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

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  • 1 Kings 10:10

    Then 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 1 Kings 9:28

    They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents —and delivered it to Solomon.

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