John Gill Commentary 1 Kings 9:14

"And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold." — 1 Kings 9:14 (ASV)

And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents
of gold . Not after the cities had been given him, but before; and it may be rendered "had sent" ^F13, and is the sum of the gold he furnished him with for the temple, (1 Kings 9:11) which, according to Brerewood ^F14, was 540,000 pounds of our money; and, according to another ^F15 writer, it amounted to 1,466,400 ducats of gold, taking a talent at 12,220 ducats.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F13: (xlvy) "miserat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
• F14: De Ponderibus & Pretiis, Vet. Num. c. 5.
• F15: Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 571.