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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Kings 9:14

Hiram sent sixscore talents of gold - Apparently, to show that, although disappointed, he was not offended. The sum sent was very large - above a million and a quarter of our money, according to one estimate of the weight of the Hebrew gold talent; or about 720,000 according to the estimate adopted in Exodus 38:24 note. At any rate, it was more than equal to a sixth part of Solomon’s regular revenue 1 Kings 10:14.

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See also 1 Kings 9:14 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 9:14. _SIXSCORE TALENTS OF GOLD._] This was the sum which Hiram had lent, and in order to pay this Solomon had laid a tax upon his people, as we afterward learn. The whole is very darkly...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    5. JEHOVAH APPEARS UNTO SOLOMON AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KING CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The second appearance of the LORD to Solomon (1 Kings 9:1)_ 2. Transactions with Hiram (1 Kings 9:10) 3. The levy of th...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON'S DEALINGS WITH HIRAM. THE LEVY. The source of this section seems to be the Acts of Solomon (see above). After Solomon had completed his buildings he was obliged to give Hiram cities in Galile...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SENT: referring to 1 Kings 9:11. Perhaps this was an advance for which the cities of 1 Kings 9:11 were the security....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. THE BASIS OF SOLOMON'S GLORY 9:10-28 Whereas it was David who established the kingdom in its extent and power, it was Solomon who added the glamour. In 1 Kings 9:10-28 all that remains to be said a...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HIRAM CAME OUT FROM TYRE TO SEE THE CITIES WHICH SOLOMON HAD GIVEN HIM; AND THEY PLEASED HIM NOT._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD'S RESPONSE TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER. SOLOMON AND HIRAM 1. When.. finished] The Temple does not seem to have been dedicated until all the king's buildings were completed, the Temple and Palace being pr...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SIXSCORE TALENTS] weighing nearly 13,000 lb....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 GOD APPEARS TO SOLOMON AGAIN V1 So Solomon finished the *temple of the *Lord. He finished the royal palace and everything else that he...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    HIRAM SENT TO THE KING SIXSCORE TALENTS OF GOLD. — The payment, on any calculation, was a large one, though little more than a sixth of Solomon’s yearly revenue. (See 1 Kings 10:14.) How it is connect...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִירָ֖ם לַ † מֶּ֑לֶךְ מֵאָ֥ה...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A SEARCHING WORD TO THE WISE 1 Kings 9:1 God's second revelation of Himself to Solomon had a double object. In the first place, it assured the king that his prayer was heard and that the new building...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Jehovah now appeared to Solomon for the second time, and declared that his prayer was heard and answered, but insisted that there were conditions for the people to fulfil. These conditions were clearl...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And Hiram sent to the king (d) sixscore (e) talents of gold. (d) For his tribute toward the building. (e) The common talent was about 60 pound weight....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (12) And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. (13) And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called t...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The answer which God gives establishes the house as the place in which He has set His name for ever. His eyes and His heart shall be there perpetually; but, at the same time, for the enjoyment of the...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HIRAM SENT TO THE KING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TALENTS OF GOLD. Not after the cities had been given him, but before; and it may be rendered "had sent" m, and is the sum of the gold he furnished him...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. Ver. 14. _And Hiram sent to the king._] _Miserat autem,_ so Vatablus rendereth it, And Hiram had sent. &c., _sc., _ before the offer of those twen...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee_ Or, _near the land of Galilee_, bordering upon it; in those parts which were near, and adjoining to, Hiram's dominions: with the cities, under...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Gods Couenant in a vision, with Solomon. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomons workes the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable seruants. 24 Pharaohs daughter...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Hiram sent to the king six score talents of gold, almost two and one half million dollars, evidently a loan to enable Solomon to complete his projected buildings and improvements....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's Resources and Power...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD APPEARING AGAIN TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) The Lord had appeared to Solomon before he built the temple (ch.3:5), now at its completion the Lord appears again to him. There was a danger of Solomon's bein...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    10-14 Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities. Hiram did not like them. If Solomon would gratify him, let it be in his own element, by becoming his partner in trade, as he did. See how the providence of God...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Or rather, _for Hiram had sent_. And this seems to be here added, both to declare the quantity of the gold sent, which had been only named before, 1 KINGS 9:11, and as the reason why he resented Solom...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 9:14 Hiram H2438 sent H7971 (H8799) king H4428 twenty H3967 H6242 talents H3603 gold H209

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SOLOMON HAS SO EXTENDED HIS RESOURCES THAT HE FEELS IT NECESSARY TO OBTAIN A SECURED LOAN FROM HIRAM, SECURED AGAINST GALILEAN SETTLEMENTS (1 KINGS 9:11). It is an indication of the wealth that Solomo...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah appears to Solomon. Covenant made. Solomon's fame. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: God deals plainly with men and sets before them blessing or cursing. God never fails...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 9:2. _The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time._ This seems to be in answer to the prayer offered up in the temple. 1 Kings 9:13. _Cabul,_ vile, argillaceous, arenaceous. These twenty town...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:10 Solomon’s rule over the surrounding kingdoms, combined with his status in the world in general (1 Kings 4:21), put him in a position to build and dedicate the temple ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 9:14 Solomon accumulates huge amounts of GOLD. Biblical texts associate the accumulation of kingly wealth with spiritual unfaithfulness (e.g., D

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:10. AT THE END OF TWENTY YEARS—Seven and a-half years spent in erecting temple, twelve and a-half upon his own house. This verse takes up again the suspended...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SOLOMON'S BUILDINGS AND UNDERTAKINGS.—So far the historian has spoken exclusively of the two greatest works of Solomon's reign, the Temple and the Palace, and principally of the former. Eve...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    First Kings chapter nine as we begin our study in the Word this evening. At the beginning of Solomon's reign, the Lord appeared unto him while he was in Gibeon, there offering sacrifices unto God. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 10:14; 1 Kings 10:21; 1 Kings 9:11; 1 Kings

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sent — And this seems to be here added, both to declare the quantity of the gold sent, which had been only named before, 1 Kings 9:11, and as the reason why he resented Solomon's action, because so gr...

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