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This alone seems avast annual revenue for the monarch of go small a kingdoih as that of Israel , however flourishing its commerce may have been . But even this large amount does not represent the whole of the royal income . For it is expressly stated that this amount of 666 talents of gold was " besides that he had of the merchant men
and of the traffic of the spice merchants , and of all the kings of Arabia , and of the governors of the country . " It was exclusive also of the revenue paid in silver , which was so abundant that " the ting made silver to be in Jernsalem as stones ; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon . "
The same extraordinary plenitude of the precious metals appears to have existed in the time of the preceding monarch . If we look back to the account given in 1 Chronicles xxix ., we find the quantity of gold in the possession of the Jewish monarch and nobility , stated at a vast amount . David himself provided , for the service of the temple which was to be erected , no less than " 3 , 000 talents of gold of the gold of Ophir , and 7 , 000 talents of refined silver . ' \
These weights amount by the same calculation as before , to more than 250 tons of gold , and 587 tons of refined silver ; while the princes and chief men of Israel presented also for the same purpose more than 400 tons of gold , and 840 tons of silver . , ; . * .
It certainly appears not improbable that the number of 666 talents so expressly mentioned as a part only of the revenue of Solomon , has some deeper meaning than the mere literal expression of the amount of gold to which it refers . Whatever this meaning might be , it lies far beneath the surface . We can see at once how the twelve
stones in the breast-plate of the high priest symbolize the twelve tribes of Israel , and that the seven branches of the golden candlestick may have reference to the six days of creation and the day of rest ; but we cannot at once perceive the reason why 666 talents of gold , part of the revenue of Solomon , not apparently connected with any religious ceremonies or precepts , should in the place in which we find it , be an emblem of the Trinity , or even a divine symbol in any
sense . If the number 3 had stood alone in the same connexion , the difficulty would be just as great . Nor do we meet with greater success if we endeavour to arrive at the meaning of the number by the method employed by those who devoted themselves to the searching out of these hidden mysteries of the law . For this purpose it is evident that in order to form a correct appreciation of the ideas which in the Hebrew mind would attach to the number 666 , we must
look upon it as it would have been written in Hebrew letters , and not as it appears to us , in the form of modern Arabic numerals . We must also bear in mind that , in considering the occult signification of numbers according to the Hebrew method , less value is set upon the mathematical or arithmetical qualities of the numbers themselves , than upon their relation to , and connexion with , other words bearing equal numerical values . In the texts cited , the words " six hundred three score and six " are written in the Hebrew at full length , and consequently there is
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Ost The Symbolism Of The Equilateral Tri...
This alone seems avast annual revenue for the monarch of go small a kingdoih as that of Israel , however flourishing its commerce may have been . But even this large amount does not represent the whole of the royal income . For it is expressly stated that this amount of 666 talents of gold was " besides that he had of the merchant men
and of the traffic of the spice merchants , and of all the kings of Arabia , and of the governors of the country . " It was exclusive also of the revenue paid in silver , which was so abundant that " the ting made silver to be in Jernsalem as stones ; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon . "
The same extraordinary plenitude of the precious metals appears to have existed in the time of the preceding monarch . If we look back to the account given in 1 Chronicles xxix ., we find the quantity of gold in the possession of the Jewish monarch and nobility , stated at a vast amount . David himself provided , for the service of the temple which was to be erected , no less than " 3 , 000 talents of gold of the gold of Ophir , and 7 , 000 talents of refined silver . ' \
These weights amount by the same calculation as before , to more than 250 tons of gold , and 587 tons of refined silver ; while the princes and chief men of Israel presented also for the same purpose more than 400 tons of gold , and 840 tons of silver . , ; . * .
It certainly appears not improbable that the number of 666 talents so expressly mentioned as a part only of the revenue of Solomon , has some deeper meaning than the mere literal expression of the amount of gold to which it refers . Whatever this meaning might be , it lies far beneath the surface . We can see at once how the twelve
stones in the breast-plate of the high priest symbolize the twelve tribes of Israel , and that the seven branches of the golden candlestick may have reference to the six days of creation and the day of rest ; but we cannot at once perceive the reason why 666 talents of gold , part of the revenue of Solomon , not apparently connected with any religious ceremonies or precepts , should in the place in which we find it , be an emblem of the Trinity , or even a divine symbol in any
sense . If the number 3 had stood alone in the same connexion , the difficulty would be just as great . Nor do we meet with greater success if we endeavour to arrive at the meaning of the number by the method employed by those who devoted themselves to the searching out of these hidden mysteries of the law . For this purpose it is evident that in order to form a correct appreciation of the ideas which in the Hebrew mind would attach to the number 666 , we must
look upon it as it would have been written in Hebrew letters , and not as it appears to us , in the form of modern Arabic numerals . We must also bear in mind that , in considering the occult signification of numbers according to the Hebrew method , less value is set upon the mathematical or arithmetical qualities of the numbers themselves , than upon their relation to , and connexion with , other words bearing equal numerical values . In the texts cited , the words " six hundred three score and six " are written in the Hebrew at full length , and consequently there is