Reading for July 20th

Read 1 Kings 10.14-29
In 10.14-29: More on Solomon's wealth and activities.
In verse 14: Six hundred sixty-two talents of gold would be an enormous sum-between thirty and eighty-five tons!
In verses 16-17: There were 50 shekels in a mina and 60 minas in a talent, which could weigh between 45 and 130 pounds.
Thus the large shields would have weighed between 9 and 26 pounds and the small ones half as much.
In verse 22: Ships of Tarshish were probably large ship capable of making a long voyage.
Tarshish was a site in southern Spain that represented the western extreme of the world known to the biblical writers.
In verse 27: The Shephelah is the lowlands area in southern Palestine between the Mediterranean coast land and the central highlands.
In verse 28: Kue was in south eastern Anatolia (Turkey) near Cilicia.
Egypt (Heb., "Misrayim") may be a mistake for Musri, also Anatolia north of Kue.
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