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May the Lord your God be blessed, who was pleased to put you on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord loves Israel forever, he made you king to administer justice and righteousness.”

10 Then she gave the king one hundred twenty talents[a] of gold and a great quantity of spices and many precious stones. There was never again anything comparable to the huge amount of spices and incense which the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

11 In addition, Hiram’s fleet brought gold from Ophir and a great quantity of almug[b] wood and also precious stones.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:10 About nine thousand pounds
  2. 1 Kings 10:11 Perhaps a type of sandalwood. The parallels in 2 Chronicles 2:8 and 9:10-11 reverse the consonants and read algum wood.