They came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents,† and brought it to King Solomon.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 9:28 in context
1 Kings 9:25–28
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Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD three times per year, burning incense with them on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
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King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
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Hiram sent in the fleet his servants, sailors who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
Source notes
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- A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 420 talents is about 12.6 metric tons
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