8 occurrences

'Talents' in the Bible

Solomon overlaid it with 600 talents of pure gold. The gold nails weighed 50 shekels. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold.

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Hiram sent Solomon ships and servants who were expert mariners, and they sailed with Solomon's servants to Ophir, where they brought back 450 talents of gold for Solomon.

Verse ConceptsCoinageOfficersSeafaringThe NavyCommerceMariners

Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a vast quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices comparable to those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

Verse ConceptsCoinageGoldHerbs And Spices

Solomon received in any given year about 666 talents of gold,

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He also hired 100,000 elite forces from Israel, paying 100 talents of silver for their services.

Verse ConceptsTalentsCoinageHiringMercenariesOne Hundred Thousand And More

Amaziah asked the man of God, "What are we to do about the 100 talents that I have paid to the army of Israel?"

Verse ConceptsTalentsRiches, Nature OfTwelve BeingsTwenty SomeLosing A FriendGiving Backarmy

He launched a military excursion against the king of the Ammonites and defeated him. As a result, that year the Ammonites paid 100 talents of silver in tribute, as well as 10,000 kors of wheat and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites continued to pay this same amount in tribute over the following two years.

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after which the king of Egypt dethroned him and imposed a fine on the land of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold.

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