May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
Regarding the tremendous amounts of gold and silver mentioned here, Elmslie referred to the passage as hyperbole,[8] There is also the question of exactly what constituted a talent in the times of Solomon.  "Any accurate calculation of the value of the silver and gold mentioned here is a hopeless task, because of the uncertainly of our data, our uncertain knowledge of the Hebrew weights of money, and our total ignorance of the relative value of those precious metals to the commodities of life."[9]