Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them for ever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.’

Then she gave the king 120 talents[a] of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10 (The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon brought gold from Ophir; they also brought algum-wood[b] and precious stones.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:9 That is, about 4 metric tons
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:10 Probably a variant of almug-wood