Quotes about Wealth
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
— 1 Kings 10:5
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
— 1 Kings 10:10
(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.
— 1 Kings 10:11
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
— 1 Kings 10:13
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
— 1 Kings 10:14
not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.
— 1 Kings 10:15
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
— 1 Kings 10:16
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
— 1 Kings 10:17
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
— 1 Kings 10:21
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
— 1 Kings 10:26
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
— 1 Kings 10:27
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
— 1 Kings 10:29