28 And they went to (A)Ophir and received [a]420 talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.

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  1. 1 Kings 9:28 About 16 tons or 14 metric tons

10 Then (A)she gave the king [a]120 talents of gold, and a very large amount of balsam oil and precious stones. Never again did such a large quantity of balsam oil come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

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  1. 1 Kings 10:10 About 4.5 tons or 4 metric tons

Wealth, Splendor, and Wisdom

14 (A)Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was [a]666 talents of gold,

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  1. 1 Kings 10:14 About 25 tons or 23 metric tons

21 Now all King Solomon’s drinking utensils were of gold, and all the utensils of the house of the timber of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered as amounting to anything in the days of Solomon.

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