How much money was King Solomon worth?

Answer 1

According the The Bible, King Solomon was fabulously wealthy. The Book of Kings does not give a specific figure, but the biblical Solomon was clearly wealthy enough to impress the Queen of Sheba.

The historical position is a little more mundane. Scholars say that if Solomon actually existed, he was no more than a local chieftain, and that the exaggerated stories of his prowess and wealth were written centuries later.

Some modern scholars even suggest that even Judah was not yet united under a single ruler until around 900 BCE. On this, rather less romantic view, Solomon had little wealth that other tribal chieftains of his time would not have had.

Answer 2

One answerIn the Bible at 2 Chronicles 9:13 it says that Soloman had a basic yearly revenue of 666 Talents or 22,000 kilograms of Gold. A talent weighed between 20 and 40 KG but the average estimated is 33kg. The price today of one kilogram of Gold is estimated at $32,200 so his yearly income was $708,400,000 a year. Seven hundred eight million, four hundred thousand dollars a year

Answer 3

King Solomon didn't have money. He had something much more valuable. He had gold, silver, and tons of resources. He had so much he could control the value of "money". He had the power to say that Bill Gates would have to live on food stamps for the next 2 years. And then say that he could be a billionaire again. Basically he could tell you he has $10 dollars or $10 trillion dollars and he would be telling the truth.

Taking into what his father already had (David) on today's market at around $1000us an oz he was worth 222 trillion dollars

Answer:

In terms of property and possessions, though the amount is vast, no exact answer can be given since much of his property is either not recorded or is incompletely described. The Tanakh (Hebrew Bble) does not place emphasis on financial "worth."

Answer 4

In terms of property and possessions, though the amount is vast, no exact answer can be given since much of his property is either not recorded or is incompletely described. The Tanakh (Hebrew Bble) does not place emphasis on financial "worth."

Answer 5

Israel Finkelstein says that at the time of David and Solomon, Israel had far fewer than 100,000 population and was still too small, poor, backward, rural, and sparsely populated to support walled cities, far less an empire with armies and bureaucrats and ambassadors travelling around in royal regalia. Clearly a population of less than 100,000 impoverished rural people could not have provided a substantial royal income. And, far from being a world class city, archaeologists say that Jerusalem at the time ascribed to King Solomon was nothing more than a mudbrick village.

The biblical story of Solomon's great wealth is not historical.

Answer 6

200 billion dollars