Thematic Bible: Wealth of


Thematic Bible




“Look to Abraham your father
And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain;
For I called him when he was but one,
Then I blessed him and made him many.”
Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfBlessings, To AbrahamGod's Activity In IsraelCalling, Of IndividualsGod Multipling PeopleOnly One Personsarah


The Lord has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great (wealthy, powerful); He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialCowsGenerosity, God'sGoldSilverAbraham, In SocietyOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesSupplied With MoneyBlessed By GodMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland. Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

The king made silver and gold as plentiful and common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore-fig trees in the lowland. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialCedarGoldSilverSycamores

I spoke with my heart, saying, “Behold, I have acquired great [human] wisdom and experience, more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of [moral] wisdom and [scientific] knowledge.” Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy

She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones. Never again did such an abundance of spices come in [to Israel] as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. Verse ConceptsTalentsCoinageGoldHerbs And SpicesPresentsJewelleryPeople Giving Other ThingsWeights Of GoldGifts And Talents

Then she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, a very large amount of spices (balsam oil) and precious stones; there was no such spice [anywhere] like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Verse ConceptsCoinageGoldHerbs And Spices

Each man brought his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, so much year by year. Verse ConceptsGiftsHerbs And SpicesMules

When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with riddles. She was accompanied by a very large number of attendants, with camels bearing spices (balsam oil) and a large amount of gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was on her mind. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesJewelsMission, Of IsraelQueensVisitingRelationship Troubles

So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom. Verse ConceptsKings And WisdomWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as the sycamore-fig trees that are in the lowland. Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamores

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was 666 talents of gold, Besides what the traders brought and the traffic of the merchants and from all the [tributary] kings and governors of the land of Arabia.

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Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents, Verse Concepts666CoinageTalents