1 Kings 10:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 Happy are your men and happy are these, your servants, who always stand before you and hear your wisdom. 9 Blessed be the Lord, your God, who delights in you, placing you upon the throne of Israel. The Lord of Israel has established you as king to exercise justice and righteousness because he has loved you forever.”
10 She then gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious stones. A more abundant quantity of spices never arrived than that which the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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1 Kings 10:8-10
New International Version
8 How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear(A) your wisdom! 9 Praise(B) be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love(C) for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice(D) and righteousness.”
10 And she gave the king 120 talents[a] of gold,(E) large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 10:10 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
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