1 KINGS 10:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.”
"And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones; never again came such an abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon." — The *Queen's gift*: *120 talents of gold* (approximately 4 metric tons), *abundance of spices*, and *precious stones*. The phrase *lo-ba'a 'od *ken hamon ha-besamim* (such an abundance of spices never again came) emphasizes the *unprecedented gift*.
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