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12 The king used the algum wood[a] to have supports made for the Lord’s Temple and for the royal palace, as well as lyres and harps for the choir,[b] and nothing like that wood[c] has ever come again or even been seen since right to this day. 13 In return, King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she wanted and had requested in addition to what he had given her consistent with his generosity. Afterward, she returned to her own land with her servants.

Solomon’s Wealth(A)

14 Solomon’s annual revenue was 666 talents[d] of gold,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:12 Or the Juniper trees
  2. 1 Kings 10:12 Lit. singers
  3. 1 Kings 10:12 The Heb. lacks wood
  4. 1 Kings 10:14 I.e. about 49,950 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds