Gold: Exacted As Tribute
Source: TTT
1 Kings 20:3, 5
saying, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!’” / The messengers came back and said, “This is what Ben-hadad says: ‘I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.
2 Kings 23:33, 35
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. / So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.