²⁸ They went to Ophir^(A) and acquired gold there—sixteen tons^[a]—and delivered it to Solomon.^(B)

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.

Solomon’s Wealth

¹⁴ The weight^(A) of gold that came to Solomon annually was twenty-five tons,^[a]

²¹ All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon^(A) were pure gold.^(B) There was no silver, since it was considered as nothing in Solomon’s time,