1 Kings 10:11-13

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¹¹Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir. They also brought jewels and a special kind of wood.^[a] ¹²Solomon used this special wood to build supports in the Temple and the palace as well as harps and lyres for the singers. That was the last time such a large shipment of that kind of wood was brought to Israel. There hasn’t been any seen around here since then.^[b]

¹³King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she asked for. He gave her more than she brought to give him. Then the queen of Sheba and her servants left and went back to their own country.

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Footnotes

1 Kings 10:11 special … wood Literally, “almug.” No one knows exactly what type of wood this was, but it might have been sandalwood.
1 Kings 10:12 since then Literally, “to this day,” that is, when the book of Kings was written.