Thematic Bible: Wealth of


Thematic Bible



Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one. I blessed him and made him many. Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfBlessings, To AbrahamGod's Activity In IsraelCalling, Of IndividualsGod Multipling PeopleOnly One Personsarah


Jehovah has greatly blessed my master and made him a rich man. He has given him flocks of sheep and goats, cattle, silver, gold, male and female slaves, 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 as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number. Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamoresTreesCedar WoodThe Shephelah

During his reign silver and gold became as common in Jerusalem as stone, and cedar was as plentiful as ordinary sycamore in the foothills of Judah. Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialCedarGoldSilverSycamores

I said to my heart, I have become great and have acquired more wisdom than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has seen an abundance of wisdom and knowledge. Verse ConceptsExperimental KnowledgeSoliloquy

She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels. Never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. Verse ConceptsTalentsCoinageGoldHerbs And SpicesPresentsJewelleryPeople Giving Other ThingsWeights Of GoldGifts And Talents

The queen gave the king nine thousand pounds of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never was there such a large quantity of spices in Israel as those that the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. Verse ConceptsCoinageGoldHerbs And Spices

Everyone who came brought him gifts such as articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. This happened year after year. Verse ConceptsGiftsHerbs And SpicesMules

The QUEEN OF SHEBA heard about Solomon's reputation. So she came to Jerusalem to test him with difficult questions. She arrived with a large group of servants. They had camels carrying spices, a large quantity of gold, and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she talked with him about everything she had on her mind. Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesJewelsMission, Of IsraelQueensVisitingRelationship Troubles

King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom. Verse ConceptsKings And WisdomWealthy PeopleWealth And Prosperity

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones. He made cedars as plentiful as fig trees in the foothills. Verse ConceptsCedarSilverSycamores

Each year King Solomon received about twenty-five tons of gold. This was in addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

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The gold that came to Solomon in one year weighed forty nine thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, Verse Concepts666CoinageTalents