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2 Chronicles 9:7-9
International Standard Version
2 Chronicles 9:7-9
International Standard Version
7 How blessed are your staff! And how blessed are your employees,[a] who serve you continually and get to listen to your wisdom! 8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who is delighted with you! He set you in place on his throne to be king for the Lord your God. He made you king over them so you could carry out justice and implement righteousness, because your God loves Israel and intends to establish them[b] forever.”
9 Then she gave the king 120 talents[c] of gold, a vast quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices comparable to those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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- 2 Chronicles 9:7 Lit. servants
- 2 Chronicles 9:8 Lit. him; i.e. the nation personified as an individual
- 2 Chronicles 9:9 I.e. about 9,000 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds
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