Blessed be the Lord your God! He delighted in you and put you on his throne as king for the Lord your God.(A) Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, he has set you over them as king to carry out justice and righteousness.”(B)

Then she gave the king four and a half tons[a] of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There never were such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. 10 In addition, Hiram’s servants and Solomon’s servants who brought gold from Ophir(C) also brought algum wood and precious stones.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:9 Lit 120 talents

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