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1 Kings 10:8-10
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
1 Kings 10:8-10
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
8 Happy are your wives![a] Happy are these your servants, who continually attend you and hear your wisdom! 9 Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, he has made you king to execute justice and righteousness.’ 10 Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones; never again did spices come in such quantity as that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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- 1 Kings 10:8 Gk Syr: Heb men
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.
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- 1 Kings 10:10 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
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