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A wild guess on the parts of King Solomon’s wealth that can be quantified – part 4

Posted on January 3, 2020December 29, 2019

Let’s try bringing together the previous guesses (can’t even call them estimates) of the value of those portions of King Solomon’s wealth that are mentioned in scriptures which we can make a feeble attempt to quantify. An estimate of the value of chariots, horses, 200 large gold shields, 300 small gold shields, and place settings […]

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A few indicators for King Solomon’s wealth – part 3

Posted on November 1, 2019December 29, 2019

Previous post took a guess at quantifying the value of King Solomon’s chariots and warhorses. Earlier post estimated the number of warhorses King Solomon owned along with the number of chariots in his kingdom. Here is another text that allows us to make estimates of some portions of his vast wealth. Kings text 1 Kings […]

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A few indicators for King Solomon’s wealth – part 2

Posted on October 30, 2019December 29, 2019

Previous post estimated the number of warhorses King Solomon owned along with citing the number of chariots in his kingdom. Here are two of the texts used to make an estimate of some portions of his vast wealth: Chronicles text 2 Chronicles 1:14-17 (emphasis added for attention on specific valuations): “Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; […]

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A few indicators for King Solomon’s wealth – part 1

Posted on October 28, 2019December 29, 2019

King Solomon, ruler from about 970 B.C. through 931 B.C., had both wealth and wisdom beyond compare. One source (didn’t make note of it at the time and won’t bother looking for it again) suggested his wealth was in the range of $2.2 trillion dollars in current measurement. Yes, trillion, as in 1,000 billion. His […]

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