King James Version
1 Kings 9:14 in the King James Version says “And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.”
1 Kings 9:14 · KJV
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. pleased: Heb. were not right in his eyes
And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. Cabul: that is, displeasing, or, dirty
And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“talents”
H3603a circle, i.e., (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the ghor or valley of the jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or l
“of gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
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