Talmud for II Chronicles 1:15
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־הַכֶּ֧סֶף וְאֶת־הַזָּהָ֛ב בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם כָּאֲבָנִ֑ים וְאֵ֣ת הָאֲרָזִ֗ים נָתַ֛ן כַּשִּׁקְמִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־בַּשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה לָרֹֽב׃
And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore-trees that are in the Lowland, for abundance.
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
And silver and gold he shall not add excessively, and it is written: The king made silver in Jerusalem to be like stones1901K. 10:27, 2Chr. 1:15.. Were they not stolen? Rebbi Yose ben Ḥanina said, they were stones of ten cubits and eight cubits191A silver block of 8 cubits side length would weigh 1.7 metric tons.. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish stated: In Solomon’s times, even weights were not of silver but of gold. Why? Silver was not valuable in Solomon’s times1921K. 10:21, 2Chr. 9:27..
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