1 Raja-raja 4:30

4:30 Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt. ¹ 

1 Raja-raja 7:33

7:33 The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal.

1 Raja-raja 10:14

Solomon’s Wealth

10:14 Solomon received 666 talents ²  of gold per year, ³ 

[4:30]  ¹ tn Heb “the wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.”

[10:14]  ² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 50,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “twenty-five tons”; TEV “almost 23,000 kilogrammes.”

[10:14]  ³ tn Heb “the weight of the gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold.”