Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
1 Kings 3:13 - Tree of Life Version Moreover I have also given you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that no one among the kings will be like you all your days. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings equal to you all your days. American Standard Version (1901) And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee, all thy days. Common English Bible I now also give you what you didn’t ask for: wealth and fame. There won’t be a king like you as long as you live. Catholic Public Domain Version But also the things for which you did not ask, I have given to you, namely wealth and glory, so that no one has been like you among the kings in the all days before. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yea and the things also which thou didst not ask, I have given thee: to wit, riches and glory, as that no one hath been like thee among the kings in all days heretofore. |
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
Adonai highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had never been on any king before him in Israel.
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin about these things? Yet among many nations there was never any king like him. Yes, he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, the foreign women caused even him to sin.
Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.
She will set a garland of grace on your head. She will give you a crown of glory.”
God gives a man riches, wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to eat from it—instead a foreigner will eat it. This is fruitless—an agonizing illness.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Now to Him who is able to do far beyond all that we ask or imagine, by means of His power that works in us,