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1 Kings 10:8-10
New Living Translation
1 Kings 10:8-10
New Living Translation
8 How happy your people[a] must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom! 9 Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”
10 Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds[b] of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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1 Kings 10:8-10
New International Version
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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