¹⁹ After she had given him a drink, she said, “I’ll draw water for your camels^(A) too,^(B) until they have had enough to drink.”

² Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan^(A)—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind.

⁴⁰ Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies^(A) of flour, fig cakes, raisin^(B) cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy^(C) in Israel.

⁶ A prophecy^(A) concerning the animals of the Negev:^(B)

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