Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has (A)loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones; there never were any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10 Also, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, (B)who brought gold from Ophir, brought [a]algum wood and precious stones.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 9:10 almug, 1 Kin. 10:11, 12
'歷 代 志 下 9:8-10' not found for the version: Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version.

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.”

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.

10 (The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon brought gold from Ophir;(D) they also brought algumwood[b] and precious stones.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 9:9 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
  2. 2 Chronicles 9:10 Probably a variant of almugwood