The Value of One Hundred Thousand Talents of Gold today is $461,254,093,626 (U.S. dollars).
The Math / Science
One hundred talents of gold weighs approximately:
- 3,400,000.0 kilograms
- 3,400.0 metric tons
- 7,495,717 pounds
- 3747.86 US tons
This is based on the historical assertion that the Biblical weight of a talent is equal to approximately 34 kilograms or about 75 pounds.
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 Thousand Talents = 100,000 • 34 kilograms • 100% • Gold SPOT PRICE TODAY
A Talent of Gold and Silver 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 and current spot price of silver, you can see the value of talents today. The prices are updated every two minutes and given in U.S. dollars.
GOLD:
- One Talent of Gold: $4,612,541
- Two Talents of Gold: $9,225,082
- Five Talents of Gold: $23,062,705
- Ten Talents of Gold today: $46,125,410
- One Hundred and Twenty Talents of Gold: $553,504,913
- 1 Kings 10:10 (Queen of Sheba's gift of gold to Solomon)
- Six Hundred and Sixty Six Talents (666) of Gold: $3,071,952,264
- 1 Kings 10:14 (Solomon's Annual Income)
- One hundred thousand (100,000) talents of Gold today: $461,254,093,626
- David's funding of Solomon's Temple in 1 Chronicles 22:14
| Book | Passage | Amount | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 38:25–28 | 100 talents | Tabernacle construction |
| 2 Kings | 5:23 | 2 talents | Gehazi receives gifts |
| 2 Kings | 15:19 | 1,000 talents | Tribute to Assyria |
| 2 Kings | 18:14-15 | 300 talents | Hezekiah's tribute |
| 1 Chronicles | 22:14 | 1,000,000 talents | David's temple provision |
| 1 Chronicles | 29;4 | 7,000 talents | David's donation |
| 1 Chronicles | 29:7 | 10,000 talents | Leaders' donation |
| Ezra | 7:22 | 100 talents | Royal provision |
| Esther | 3:9 | 10,000 talents | Haman's bribe |