De inscriptie onthult niet de bron van deze rijkdom, maar de archeoloog Alan Millard oppert in zijn boek Treasures From Bible Times dat „veel ervan het goud was dat Sisak uit Salomo’s tempel en paleis in Jeruzalem had weggevoerd”.
The inscription does not reveal the source of this wealth, but archaeologist Alan Millard, in his book Treasures From Bible Times, suggests that “much of it was the gold which Shishak carried away from Solomon’s Temple and palace in Jerusalem.”jw2019 jw2019