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2 Chronicles 9:8-10
International Standard Version
2 Chronicles 9:8-10
International Standard Version
8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who is delighted with you! He set you in place on his throne to be king for the Lord your God. He made you king over them so you could carry out justice and implement righteousness, because your God loves Israel and intends to establish them[a] forever.”
9 Then she gave the king 120 talents[b] of gold, a vast quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices comparable to those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. 10 Hiram’s servants and Solomon’s servants, who brought gold from Ophir,[c] also presented algum wood[d] and other precious stones.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:8 Lit. him; i.e. the nation personified as an individual
- 2 Chronicles 9:9 I.e. about 9,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
- 2 Chronicles 9:10 Or from a source of fine gold; cf. 1Chr 29:4
- 2 Chronicles 9:10 Or presented Juniper trees
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