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9 aBlessed be the Lord your God, who bdelighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, cto do justice and righteousness.”  
10 Then she agave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great quantity, and precious stones. There never again came such abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.  
11 aAlso, the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought great quantities of1 almug wood and precious stones from Ophir.  
12 aAnd the king made1 steps of the almug wood for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers. There never again came such balmug wood, nor has the like been seen to this day.  
13 Now King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given her according to the royal generosity. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

Solomon’s Great Wealth

14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
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1 Kings 10:11

The navy of Hiram - i. e., Solomon' s navy in the Red Sea, which was chiefly manned by subjects of Hiram. (see the marginal reference).

Almug-trees - Probably the sandal-wood tree (pterocarpus santalinus). The wood is very heavy, hard, and fine grained, and of a beautiful garnet color, which, according to the rabbinical writers, was the color of the algum. One of the names of the red sandal-wood, in its own native country (India) is "valguka," a word of which "algum" is a natural corruption.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 10:11:

Job 22:24
Psalms 36:7
Psalms 49:8
Psalms 116:15
Isaiah 13:12

 

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