13
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
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Verse 13. Gold, each worth 5475l. (Arbuthnot) so that this part of the revenue alone would amount to 3,646,350l. sterling, annually. Bible.
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 666 talents is about 20 metric tons
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