10 Then she gave the king four and a half tons[a] of gold,(A) a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again did such a quantity of spices arrive as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

11 In addition, Hiram’s fleet that carried gold from Ophir brought from Ophir a large quantity of almug[b] wood and precious stones.(B) 12 The king made the almug wood into steps for the Lord’s temple and the king’s palace and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before did such almug wood arrive, and the like has not been seen again.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:10 Lit 120 talents
  2. 10:11 = algum in 2Ch 2:8; 9:10–11

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