King James Version
“And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.”
1 Kings 10:10 · KJV
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
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 an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. pillars: or, rails: Heb. a prop
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“And she gave”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“talents”
H3603a circle, i.e., (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the ghor or valley of the jordan; also a (round) loaf; also a talent (or l
“of gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“very”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“no more such”
H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“And she gave”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“of Sheba”
H7614sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an ethiopian district
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