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The Wealth Of Solomon

Temple Dedication & Feast

At the temple dedication, Solomon sacrificed 22,000 oxen, 120,000 sheep, and held a 14 day feast for all Israel.

Dedication Cost
Item Quantity Cost
Per Item
Convert
To shk.
(÷ by)
Convert
To Gold
(÷ by)
Gold
Talents
Oxen 22,000 50 dr 4 81000 3.395
Sheep 120,000 10 dr 4 81000 3.704
Meals for
People
10,000,000 0.25 shk x 2 x 14 81000 864.198
(The feast lasted 14 days, with a full day’s wage splurged every day on two meals.)  
Total cost: 871.297

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