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(Old Testament)

1 Kings 10

Solomon’s Splendor

14 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,[e] 15 not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.

16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels[f] of gold went into each shield. 17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas[g] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

18 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold. 19 The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. 20 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. 21 All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s days. 22 The king had a fleet of trading ships[h] at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.

23 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. 24 The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. 25 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses,[i] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue[j]—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue at the current price. 29 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[k] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

Footnotes:

1. 1 Kings 10:5 Or the ascent by which he went up to
2. 1 Kings 10:10 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
3. 1 Kings 10:11 Probably a variant of algumwood; also in verse 12
4. 1 Kings 10:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
5. 1 Kings 10:14 That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons
6. 1 Kings 10:16 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms; also in verse 29
7. 1 Kings 10:17 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms; or perhaps reference is to double minas, that is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms.
8. 1 Kings 10:22 Hebrew of ships of Tarshish
9. 1 Kings 10:26 Or charioteers
10. 1 Kings 10:28 Probably Cilicia
11. 1 Kings 10:29 That is, about 3 3/4 pounds or about 1.7 kilograms

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Oh LORD,
Our One and Only God!
How Excellent is Your Most Holy Name!
How Wonderful,
How Holy,
How Righteous
and How Just and True You Are!
For You Alone Are Worthy Of Praise and Worship,
And You Alone Transcend Time and Space,
For You Alone Are The Creator of All That Is!

We Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem,
According to Your Will and Promise.
We Pray For the People and Leaders of Israel,
that They Will Look to You for the Protection
and Prosperity of their Nation.
We Also Pray For Revival in our own Beloved USA.



We Pray For The Swift and Sure Coming of Messiah,
Blessed Be He,
To Establish His Kingdom,
and Make All Things Right.

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



Hallelujah and Amen

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I decided to use a small area in the yard next to my house for off-street parking. This was fine while the weather was good, but the minute it began to rain, it became a sea of mud. Spinning my wheels and backing in and out, I soon churned up horrible ruts which froze into chunky icy ridges and made a big mess. Several people said they would help me, but all of them were just "blowing smoke" and left me with my muddy ruts. So after three years of spinning my wheels and broken promises, I finally went to the quarry and asked about crushed stone.

The clerk at the Quarry listened patiently to my tale of woe, the dimensions of the driveway, my desire for a nice thick layer of crushed stone (in this case, our native granite) and he calculated that I would need x-amount of cubic yards amounting to FOUR AND A HALF TONS. Delivered by a huge dump truck, this would cost $133.00. "That's it????" I exclaimed, "You mean I've been suffering all this time spinning my wheels and being disappointed by loud-mouthed blowhards who promise everything but do nothing, for the sake of $133.00????" The Quarry guy said I would have to rake out and level the stone myself, but that's the story of my life, and how everything always ends up anyway. A quick swipe with the credit card, and I went home to wait for the truck.

The dump truck arrived just as I had finished leveling off the ground and laying down fabric barrier. The driver helped me finish laying down the fabric and then dumped four and a half TONS of crushed granite onto the ground in a huge pile. Then he tipped his hat and drove away.

My sister and B-I-L came over with their rakes, and the three of us senior citizens raked raked raked all afternoon. I finally have a DRIVEWAY! HUZZAH!

OK...what does this have to do with today's reading?

Today we read about King Solomon's Annual Revenues, levied from taxes, tribute, and the Gross National Product of Israels farms, vineyards, livestock, and craftspeople. At the top of the list is the annual tax revues in Gold...666 Talents by Ancient Hebrew Measurement. We will be seeing that number again, in the Book of Revelation, and it is described as "The Number of Man". The Scriptures don't say if that revenue was in addition to other taxes, if it was an Income Tax of sorts, or was the total of taxes from the people. We know it is NOT Tithes and Offerings to the Temple, because that is listed elsewhere. So it would seem that this is secular money, from regular commerce, for secular or government use. In other words, from man, for man's work.

The NIV graciously provides us with American and metric equivalents so we can envision this amount of gold...four and a half tons. Enough to fill a dump truck, or cover a 20' x 12' driveway to the depth of 4".

THAT'S a LOT of Gold!

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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[NEWwoman]

Interesting finding of 666 in government revenue.

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[etabeta]

Backbreaking job raking all that crushed rock...I salute you!

Joining in prayer. God bless.

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Thank You, NEWwoman, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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Thank You, Etabeta, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

[Hiskid]

Amen.

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Thank You, Hiskid, For Your Prayers For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV)

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

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