Talent

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

• 1 Kings 9:14 And Hiram had sent the king 120 talents of gold.
• 1 Kings 9:28 They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there— 420 talents— and delivered it to Solomon.
• 1 Kings 10:10 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
• 1 Kings 10:14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

(A weight equal to three-thousand shekels-about one hundred twenty-five pounds)

• Exodus 38:25–26 The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 60…

Value of

Of gold, about six-thousand pounds, or twenty-nine thousand one-hundred dollars

Of silver, four-hundred pounds, or one-thousand nine-hundred forty dollars

Parables of the

• Matthew 18:24 As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.
• Matthew 25:15 To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent — each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.
• Matthew 25:28 Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.