Then she gave the king 120 talents[a] of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices such as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 9:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

15 Long may he live;
    may (A)gold of Sheba be given to him!
May prayer be made (B)for him continually,
    and blessings invoked for him all the day!

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10 May the kings of (A)Tarshish and of (B)the coastlands
    render him (C)tribute;
may the kings of (D)Sheba and (E)Seba
    bring gifts!

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24 Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and of gold, garments, myrrh,[a] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 9:24 Or armor

The Queen of Sheba

(A)Now when (B)the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

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10 (A)Then she gave the king 120 talents[a] of gold, and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones. Never again came such an abundance of spices as these that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 10:10 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

14 Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents[a] of gold.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 9:14 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

11 Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little (A)balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.

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34 The Lord said to Moses, (A)“Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),

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