The Value of One Hundred and Twenty (120) Talents of Gold today is $336,109,821 (U.S. dollars). 120 talents is roughly 8,995 pounds or 4,080 kilograms.
The Math / Science
The Biblical weight of a talent is equal to approximately 34 kilograms. To compute the current value of gold, one uses the following equation:
Gold Value = weight • %pure • Gold SPOT PRICE
where:
- Gold Value = The current value of gold content
- weight = The weight of gold item
- %pure = Percent of purity of the gold (e.g. 24k gold is 100% pure)
- Gold SPOT PRICE = The current market value of pure gold bullion.
Therefore, the value of one hundred and twenty talents of gold = 120 • 34 kilograms • 100% • Gold SPOT PRICE TODAY
A Talent of Gold Today
Jesus told a parable of three servants that were given talents, presumably of gold. The weight of a talent is 34 kg. Using the current spot price of gold, which is $2562.3, you can see the value of talents today. The prices are updated every two minutes and given in U.S. dollars.
- One Talent of Gold: $2,800,916
- Two Talents of Gold: $5,601,831
- Five Talents of Gold: $14,004,576
- Ten Talents of Gold today: $28,009,152
- One Hundred and Twenty Talents of Gold: $336,109,821
- 1 Kings 10:10 (Queen of Sheba's gift of gold to Solomon)
- Six Hundred and Sixty Six Talents (666) of Gold: $1,865,409,504
- 1 Kings 10:14 (Solomon's Annual Income)
- One hundred thousand (100,000) talents of Gold today: $280,091,516,972
- David's funding of Solomon's Temple in 1 Chronicles 22:14
- One million talents (1,000,000) of SILVER today: $33,012,386,577
- David's funding of Solomon's Temple in 1 Chronicles 22:14