Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. New Living Translation Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewels. Never before had there been spices as fine as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. English Standard Version Then she gave the king 120 talents 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. Berean Standard Bible Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. King James Bible And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very great amount of balsam oil and precious stones; there had never been balsam oil like that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. NASB 1995 Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones; there had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. NASB 1977 Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones; there had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Legacy Standard Bible Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. There had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Amplified Bible Then she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, a very large amount of spices (balsam oil) and precious stones; there was no such spice [anywhere] like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Christian Standard Bible Then she gave the king four and a half tons of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There never were such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then she gave the king four and a half tons of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There never were such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. American Standard Version And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. Contemporary English Version The Queen of Sheba gave Solomon more than four tons of gold, a large amount of jewels, and the best spices anyone had ever seen. English Revised Version And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. GOD'S WORD® Translation She gave the king 9,000 pounds of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never was there such a large quantity of spices [in Israel] as those that the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. Good News Translation She presented to King Solomon the gifts she had brought: almost five tons of gold and a very large amount of spices and jewels. There have never been any other spices as fine as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. ( International Standard Version Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a vast quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices comparable to those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Majority Standard Bible Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. NET Bible She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. New Heart English Bible She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. Webster's Bible Translation And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. World English Bible She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There was never before such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd she gives to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there has not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba has given to King Solomon. Young's Literal Translation And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there hath not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba hath given to king Solomon. Smith's Literal Translation And she will give to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices for a multitude greatly, and precious stone: and there was not as that spice which queen Sheba gave to king Solomon. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and most precious stones: there were no such spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon. Catholic Public Domain Version Then she gave to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and an exceedingly great abundance of aromatics, and very precious gems. Never were there such aromatics as those that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. New American Bible Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty gold talents, a very large quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again did anyone bring such an abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. New Revised Standard Version Then she gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones; there were no such spices in the world as those which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And she gave to the King a hundred and twenty talents of gold and very many sweet spices and fine gems, and there had not been seen in the world such as those sweet spices that the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones; neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. Brenton Septuagint Translation And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: and there were not any where else such spices as those which the queen of Saba gave king Solomon. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Queen of Sheba…8Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.” 9Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity 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 of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.… Cross References 1 Kings 10:10 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. Matthew 12:42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here. 1 Kings 10:1-2 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. / She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind. 1 Kings 10:13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants. 1 Kings 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. 1 Kings 4:34 So men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. 1 Kings 9:28 They sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon. 1 Kings 10:14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents, 1 Kings 10:22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 1 Kings 10:25 Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. 1 Kings 10:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. 1 Kings 10:29 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram. 2 Chronicles 1:15 The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills. 2 Chronicles 1:17 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram. 2 Chronicles 9:1-2 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind. / And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain. Treasury of Scripture And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. she gave 2 Chronicles 9:24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 1 Kings 9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 1 Kings 10:10 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. of spices 2 Chronicles 9:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. Genesis 43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: Exodus 30:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: Jump to Previous Abundance Amount Gold Great Hundred Precious Queen Sheba Solomon Spice Spices Stones Talents TwentyJump to Next Abundance Amount Gold Great Hundred Precious Queen Sheba Solomon Spice Spices Stones Talents Twenty2 Chronicles 9 1. The queen of sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon13. Solomon's revenue in gold 15. His targets and shields 17. The throne of ivory 20. His vessels 23. His presents 25. His chariots and horse 26. His tributes 29. His reign and death Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold The queen of Sheba's gift of 120 talents of gold to King Solomon is significant both in its quantity and its symbolism. A talent was a large unit of weight, approximately 75 pounds, making this gift around 9,000 pounds of gold. This immense wealth reflects the prosperity and grandeur of Solomon's reign, as well as the queen's recognition of his wisdom and God's blessing upon him. Gold, often associated with royalty and divinity, underscores the king's status and the queen's respect. This act of giving also mirrors the tribute and homage paid to a sovereign, highlighting the political and diplomatic relations of the time. The wealth of Solomon is further emphasized in 1 Kings 10:14, where it is noted that Solomon received 666 talents of gold annually. a great quantity of spices and precious stones There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon Persons / Places / Events 1. Queen of ShebaA monarch from a wealthy and distant land, often associated with the region of modern-day Yemen or Ethiopia. She visited King Solomon to test his wisdom and to establish diplomatic relations. 2. King Solomon The son of King David and Bathsheba, Solomon was known for his wisdom, wealth, and building projects, including the Temple in Jerusalem. His reign is often seen as a high point in Israel's history. 3. Jerusalem The capital city of Israel, where Solomon's palace and the Temple were located. It was the center of political and religious life in Israel. 4. Talents of Gold A talent was a large unit of weight used in ancient times, and 120 talents of gold represented a significant amount of wealth. 5. Spices and Precious Stones These were luxury items in the ancient world, often used in trade and as gifts to signify wealth and honor. Teaching Points The Pursuit of WisdomThe Queen of Sheba's journey to seek Solomon's wisdom underscores the value of pursuing wisdom and understanding. As believers, we are called to seek God's wisdom through His Word and prayer. Generosity and Honor The lavish gifts given by the Queen of Sheba demonstrate the importance of generosity and honoring those who are wise and righteous. We are encouraged to be generous in our giving and to honor those who lead with integrity. The Testimony of God's People Solomon's reputation for wisdom and wealth drew people from distant lands. Our lives should similarly reflect God's glory, drawing others to seek Him through our testimony. The Greater Wisdom of Christ While Solomon was renowned for his wisdom, Jesus Christ embodies the ultimate wisdom of God. We are invited to seek and follow Christ, who offers wisdom and understanding beyond that of Solomon.(9) Spices.--B's?mim, from which come our words balsam and balm. Great abundance.--See Note on 2Chronicles 9:1. Here l?r?b is substituted for the ancient harb?h. Neither was there any such spice.--Or, there had not been such spicery, i.e., in Jerusalem. A defect in the chronicler's MS. authority probably occasioned this deviation from the phrase which we find in the older text, "There came no more such abundance of spicery" (1Kings 10:10). Verse 9. - An hundred and twenty talents of gold. Putting the value of gold at £4 per ounce, the value of one talent would be £5476, making a total of £657,120. Poole makes it £1,250,000; S. Clarke, f 720,000. From our vers. 13, 14 we learn that in one year Solomon received 666 talents, beside what merchants brought. Any such spice. The parallel has "no more such abundance of spices," and "of spices very great store." The Arabian spices, and their land and even sea borne fragrance, as also the very lucrative trade they created, are often alluded to by historians (see, among many others, Herod., 3:113; Diod., 3:46; Strabo, 16:4, § 19). Much of all this so-termed giving was evidently matter of exchange. The queen got quid pro quo, while ver. 13 of the parallel (1 Kings 10.) seems to speak of the other truer giving.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then she gaveוַתִּתֵּ֨ן (wat·tit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the king לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king 120 מֵאָ֥ה (mê·’āh) Number - feminine singular Strong's 3967: A hundred talents כִּכַּ֣ר (kik·kar) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3603: A round, a round district, a round loaf, a round weight, a talent (a measure of weight or money) of gold, זָהָ֗ב (zā·hāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky a great quantity of לָרֹ֥ב (lā·rōḇ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness spices, וּבְשָׂמִ֛ים (ū·ḇə·śā·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1314: Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant and precious יְקָרָ֑ה (yə·qā·rāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 3368: Precious, rare, splendid, weighty stones. וְאֶ֣בֶן (wə·’e·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 68: A stone There had never been הָיָה֙ (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be such הַה֔וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are spices כַּבֹּ֣שֶׂם (kab·bō·śem) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1314: Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant as those אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the queen מַֽלְכַּת־ (mal·kaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4436: Queen -- a queen of Sheba שְׁבָ֖א (šə·ḇā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7614: Sheba -- a territory in soutwest Arabia, also the name of one or more descendant of Noah gave נָתְנָ֥ה (nā·ṯə·nāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set to King לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king Solomon. שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ (šə·lō·mōh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8010: Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne Links 2 Chronicles 9:9 NIV2 Chronicles 9:9 NLT 2 Chronicles 9:9 ESV 2 Chronicles 9:9 NASB 2 Chronicles 9:9 KJV 2 Chronicles 9:9 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 9:9 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 9:9 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 9:9 French Bible 2 Chronicles 9:9 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 9:9 She gave the king one hundred (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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