1 Kings 10:14 · World English Bible
1 Kings 10:14 Meaning Now the Weight of Gold That Came
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
What does 1 Kings 10:14 mean?
The number 666 is the mark of the flesh, the full weight of matter pressing on a person, and it flows to Solomon in gold because even wisdom crowned can be buried under material increase. Gold is the sun's metal, the higher light, yet measured out in this quantity it becomes the load of the carnal mind counting its own abundance.
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The number 666 is the mark of the flesh, the full weight of matter pressing on a person, and it flows to Solomon in gold because even wisdom crowned can be buried under material increase. Gold is the sun's metal, the higher light, yet measured out in this quantity it becomes the load of the carnal mind counting its own abundance. The wisest king weighed down by 666 shows how the awakened self, once turned toward accumulation, sinks back into the very body it was meant to rise above.
Gold: the sun's metal, higher light that hardens into material weight when hoarded The number 666: the mark of the flesh, matter at its full pressure on a person
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Live 1 Kings 10:14 today
- Look at one number you check too often, bank balance, followers, step count, and leave it unchecked all day. Watch what wanting to look at it tells you.
- Give one thing away today, money, a tool you own, an hour of help, without telling anyone you did it. Let something flow out instead of in.
- When a chance to get more shows up at work and costs more of your life than it is worth, say the true price out loud to yourself before you answer. Wisdom can be bought under by its own success.
What have you been gathering so steadily that you have not asked lately whether it is burying you?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 44
The more you pile up, the more you stand to lose. Knowing when you have enough is the only real wealth.
Stoicism · Seneca
It is not the person with little who is poor but the person who wants more. Riches only weigh you down when you cannot stop counting them.
Buddhism · the second noble truth
Craving is the hook. Even good things become suffering the moment holding on to them becomes the point.
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