King Solomon was made rich through commerce, trading, gifts he received, tribute money paid to him and heavy taxation. Five talents of gold or silver would make you a multimillionaire by today's standards.

How did Solomon get his wealth?

King Solomon's gold mines, which the Bible says helped him store wealth amounting to more than £2.3 trillion, are a complete myth, historians believe. The biblical ruler is said to have accumulated 500 tons of pure gold from the mines, but experts now say the pot of wealth is unlikely to have ever existed.

How rich was King Solomon in today's money?

To put Solomon's wealth in perspective, he was worth around $2 Trillion in today's money, equal to the COMBINED net worth of the 400 richest Americans on the Forbes list.