1 Kings 10:14-16

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Wealth, Splendor and Wisdom

¹⁴Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was six hundred and sixty-six ^[a]talents of gold, ¹⁵besides the taxes from the traders and from the wares of the merchants, and [the tribute money] from all the kings of the Arabs (Bedouins) and the governors of the country. ¹⁶King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten (hammered) gold; ^[b]six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

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1 Kings 10:14 It is impossible to determine the exact weight of a talent, in part because the Israelites had more than one measurement of a talent. Estimates range from 58-80 lbs. or higher, and the weight may have had to do with the amount an able-bodied man could carry of a given precious metal. Six hundred and sixty-six talents would have weighed at least 38,628 lbs.
1 Kings 10:16 Perhaps about twelve pounds. These shields were designed to cover a man. The gold probably overlaid wood or some other lighter material.