Quotes about Wealth
and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—
— 2 Samuel 8:11
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
— 2 Samuel 12:2
I gave your master’s house to you and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.
— 2 Samuel 12:8
Some time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
— 2 Samuel 15:1
Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
— 2 Samuel 19:32
Ben-hesed in Arubboth (Socoh and all the land of Hepher belonged to him);
— 1 Kings 4:10
ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.
— 1 Kings 4:23
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
— 1 Kings 4:26
Solomon left all these articles unweighed, because there were so many. The weight of the bronze could not be determined.
— 1 Kings 7:47
And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.
— 1 Kings 9:14
They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
— 1 Kings 9:28
She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
— 1 Kings 10:2