Kenneth Kitchen argues that Solomon ruled over a comparatively wealthy "mini-empire", rather than a small city-state, and considers 666 gold talents a modest amount of money.
肯尼斯·凯彻也认为所罗门控制着一个相对富有的「迷你帝国」，而不是小的城邦，而666塔伦特黄金也不是很多钱。