1 Kings 10:10-12

The Voice

¹⁰ The queen then presented Solomon with 9,000 pounds^[a] of gold and a large gift of spices and rare jewels. No other gift of spices given to the king ever compared to the gift the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

¹¹ Hiram’s ships—the ones that transported all the gold from Ophir—also transported a large amount of almug trees and rare jewels. ¹² The king transformed the almug trees into steps for the Eternal’s temple and the palace. He also made lyres and harps for the musicians. Almug trees like these had never before entered Israel, and they never have since.