10 And she gave the king 120 talents[a] of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

11 (Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir; and from there they brought great cargoes of almug-wood[b] and precious stones. 12 The king used the almug-wood to make supports[c] for the temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almug-wood has never been imported or seen since that day.)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:10 That is, about 4 metric tons
  2. 1 Kings 10:11 Probably a variant of algum-wood; also in verse 12
  3. 1 Kings 10:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.