1st Kings Chapter 9 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV 1stKings 9:14

And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
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BBE 1stKings 9:14

And Hiram sent the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
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DARBY 1stKings 9:14

And Hiram had sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
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KJV 1stKings 9:14

And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
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WBT 1stKings 9:14

And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.
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WEB 1stKings 9:14

Hiram sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold.
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YLT 1stKings 9:14

And Hiram sendeth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - And Hiram sent וַיְִּשלַח must be understood as pluperfect, "Now Hiram had sent," referring to verse 11. This fact is mentioned to explain the gift of the cities, viz., that they were in payment for the gold he had furnished. The timber and stone and labour had been paid for in corn and wine and oil See on 1 Kings 5:11] to the king sixscore talents of gold. [This sum is variously estimated at from half a million to a million and a quarter of our money. (Keil, in loc., and Dict. Bib. 3:1734. It equalled 3000 shekels of the sanctuary (Exodus 38:24-26). Keil, who, as we have seen, interprets Cabul to mean pledged, says somewhat positively that these 120 talents were merely lent to Solomon to enable him to prosecute his undertakings, and that the twenty cities were Hiram's security for its repayment. He further sees in the restoration of these cities (2 Chronicles 8:2, where see note) a proof that Solomon must have repaid the amount lent him. The "sixscore talents "should be compared with the 120 talents of ch. 10:10, and the 666 talents of 1 Kings 10:14.]

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.--The payment, on any calculation, was a large one, though little more than a sixth of Solomon's yearly revenue. (See 1Kings 10:14.) How it is connected with the previous verses is matter of conjecture. It may possibly be a note referring back to 1Kings 9:11, and explaining the amount of gold which Hiram had sent. If this is not so, it would then seem to be a payment in acknowledgment of the cession of the cities, as being of greater value than the debt which it was meant to discharge. Hiram's depreciation of the cities need not imply that he did not care to keep them. "It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." (Proverbs 20:14). Josephus (Ant. viii. 5, 3), has a quaint story in connection with this intercourse between Hiram and Solomon (quoted from Dios), declaring that a contest in riddles took place between these kings, and that, when Hiram could not solve the riddles of Solomon, he "paid a large sum of money for his fine," but adds that he afterwards retaliated on Solomon, by aid of Abdemon of Tyre. It appears by 2Chronicles 7:2, that the cities were afterwards restored to Israel--how, and why, we know not.(15 28) The rest of the chapter consists of brief historical notes, partly referring back to the previous records. Thus, 1Kings 9:15 refers back to 1Kings 5:13; 1Kings 9:20-22 to 1Kings 5:15; 1Kings 9:24 to 1Kings 7:8; 1Kings 9:25 is a note connected with the history of the dedication of the Temple. The style is markedly different from the graphic and picturesque style of the passages preceding and following it. . . .