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Significance of #Solomon’s #666talentsofgold?
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1 Kings 10:14 says, “the weight of gold which Solomon #received every year was #666talents of #gold, besides what came from #tradesmen, from the #traffic of the #merchants, and from all #thekingsofArabia and the #governors of the #regions.”
Is there any #significance of this #number, or any #commentaries about it?
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Follow If we look back at the law for kings in Deuteronomy 17, It prohibits the king from multiplying horses and chariots, wives, and wealth. This is exactly what Solomon is doing in 1 Kings 10-11. Chapter ten begins by commending his great wisdom, but then steps through his decline – that is, he begins violating the rules for kings by multiplying gold (666 talents a year), multiplying horses and chariots, and finally multiplying wives who turn his heart away from following Yahweh. He sets up centers of false worship for all the foreign gods of his wives. So, the number 666 is associated with Solomon in his fall, his abuse of power, and his turning away from true worship of Yahweh.
In Revelation, Jesus sets up worship interactions under the symbol of business transactions – buying and selling.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
This is picked up in chapter 13 with reference to worship in the false temple – the image set up by the beast which must be worshiped on pain of death. Everyone must worship the image, but no one may do so without the mark. The buying and selling referred to here is of the same kind established by Jesus in chapter 3. It is worship – #spiritualtransactions.
This kind of forced #worship of an image set up also has ties back to #Nebuchadnezzar. #markofbeast #arkofthecovenant #djinn
served 20 years in the military even today I’m missing a birthday trust me I don’t believe in family violence parental alienation alcoholism drug addiction lies cheaters or thieves it’s sad we can be good men women (I’m a man / father) get not only taken advantage of in divorce court but totally miss out on our children’s lives. I love miss my children thankful I served 1998-2018 but sucks I’m 100% disabled 100% service connection 100% combat related not only don’t see my kids but loose my wife, home, lifetime of funds, dog really sad I get accused of alcoholism drug abuse family violence I never did anything nor was i diagnosed with any of it. Definitely two faced world! We be raising our children as a family or coparenting give anything to see my kids lost everything not only trying to love my kids moms but also in divorce… I don’t believe in #divorce honestly most days I think to myself was I just #childsupport? Was I just put on earth to be a #babyDaddy never see my kids? I’m tired of fighting for #freedom then to come home to #lies #cheating #thieves after what I saw I just wanted to come home #alive to #hugs not #emptyhomes #bankaccounts should be illegal to #weaponizelove! Should be illegal to take advantage of an #adultwithdisabilities it should be illegal to take all my #registeredfirearms all of which were registered to me. It should be illegal to make #falsestatements and #defamation it should be illegal to loose your #parentalrights it shouldn’t cost me my #fatherrights, #home, #boats, #VABackPay, #SSDBackPay, #BankAccounts, Pet, #sanctuary, and love of my life… call me crazy but I love my children and their moms call me crazy because I don’t have the strength time or money to fight this total abuse of power call me crazy I love my children miss them and just want to see them safe and secure call my crazy for learning to walk again twice overcoming three attempts at suicide twice because of two divorces call me crazy for overcoming 26 prescriptions all as prescribed by #Military and VA! #Nopill 2019 , #noalcohol 2020/21, #noCBD 2022. Call me crazy for #speakingtruth maybe my loss will give you strength to live laugh love #thefathersrightsmovement
I’m David Michaell Ramsey Surfman374 