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And blessed be the Lord your God, who is delighted with you! He set you in place on the throne of Israel because the Lord loved Israel forever. That’s why he made you to be king, so you could carry out justice and implement righteousness.”

10 Then she gave the king 120 talents[a] of gold, a vast quantity of spices, and precious stones. No spices ever came again that were comparable to those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. 11 Hiram’s ships that brought gold from Ophir,[b] also brought from Ophir[c] lots of algum wood[d] and precious stones.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:10 I.e. about 9,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
  2. 1 Kings 10:11 Or from a source of fine gold; cf. 1Chr 29:4
  3. 1 Kings 10:11 Or from a source of fine gold; cf. 1Chr 29:4
  4. 1 Kings 10:11 Or presented Juniper trees