1 Raja-raja 9:28

9:28 They sailed ¹  to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents ²  of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

Yesaya 60:6

60:6 Camel caravans will cover your roads, ³ 

young camels from Midian and Ephah.

All the merchants of Sheba ⁴  will come,

bringing gold and incense

and singing praises to the Lord. ⁵ 

[9:28]  ¹ tn Heb “went.”

[9:28]  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 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”

[60:6]  ³ tn Heb “an abundance of camels will cover you.”

[60:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “all of them, from Sheba.”

[60:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they will announce the praises of the Lord.”