One Hundred and Twenty Talents of Gold

The Value of One Hundred and Twenty (120) Talents of Gold today is $378,060,912 (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 $2882.11, 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: $3,150,508
• Two Talents of Gold: $6,301,016
• Five Talents of Gold: $15,752,538
• Ten Talents of Gold today: $31,505,076
• One Hundred and Twenty Talents of Gold: $378,060,912
  • 1 Kings 10:10 (Queen of Sheba's gift of gold to Solomon)
• Six Hundred and Sixty Six Talents (666) of Gold: $2,098,238,061 
  • 1 Kings 10:14 (Solomon's Annual Income)
• One hundred thousand (100,000) talents of Gold today: $315,050,759,856 
  • David's funding of Solomon's Temple in 1 Chronicles 22:14
• One million talents (1,000,000) of SILVER today: $35,122,118,567
  • David's funding of Solomon's Temple in 1 Chronicles 22:14