2 Chronicles 9:9

7 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God has ^aloved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

9 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.

10 Also, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, ^awho brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones.

11 And the king made walkways of the¹ algum wood for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers; and there were none such as these seen before in the land of Judah.

12 Now King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

Commentaries:

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The narrative here is parallel with that in marginal reference, from which it varies but little, and to which it adds nothing.

II Chronicles 9:11

Terraces - Rather, as in the margin, "stairs" (see the I Kings 10:12 note).

II Chronicles 9:12

Beside that which she had brought unto the king - It is difficult to assign any sense to these words as they now stand in the Hebrew text. A slight alteration will give the meaning: "Beside that which the king had brought for her;" which is in conformity with I Kings 10:13.

The narrative here is parallel with that in marginal reference, from which it varies but little, and to which it adds nothing.

II Chronicles 9:11

Terraces - Rather, as in the margin, "stairs" (see the I Kings 10:12 note).

II Chronicles 9:12

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