⁷ How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! ⁸ Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne^(A) as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king^(B) over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”

⁹ Then she gave the king 120 talents^[a] of gold,^(C) large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.