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2 Samuel 4

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¹ How blessed (fortunate, happy) are your men! How blessed are these your servants who stand continually before you, hearing your wisdom!

² Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD loved Israel forever, He made you king to execute justice and righteousness."

³ She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones. Never again did such an abundance of spices come in [to Israel] as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

⁴ Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood (sandalwood) and precious stones.

⁵ From the almug wood (sandalwood) the king made pillars for the house of the LORD and for the king's palace, and also lyres and harps for the singers. Such almug wood did not come in [to Israel] again, nor has it been seen to this day.

⁶ King Solomon [in turn] gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted, whatever she asked, besides what he gave to her[4] from his royal bounty. So she returned to her own country, she and her servants.

⁷ Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was six hundred and sixty-six[5] talents of gold,

⁸ besides the taxes from the traders and from the wares of the merchants, and [the tribute money] from all the kings of the Arabs (Bedouins) and the governors of the country.

⁹ King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten (hammered) gold;[6] six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

¹⁰ He made three hundred smaller shields of beaten gold;[7] three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon [the king's armory].

¹¹ Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.

¹² The throne had six steps, and a round[8] top was attached to the throne from the back. On either side of the seat were armrests, and two lions stood beside the armrests.

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1	How blessed (fortunate, happy) are your men! How blessed are these your servants who stand continually before you, hearing your wisdom!
2	Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD loved Israel forever, He made you king to execute justice and righteousness."
3	She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones. Never again did such an abundance of spices come in [to Israel] as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
4	Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a great quantity of almug wood (sandalwood) and precious stones.
5	From the almug wood (sandalwood) the king made pillars for the house of the LORD and for the king's palace, and also lyres and harps for the singers. Such almug wood did not come in [to Israel] again, nor has it been seen to this day.
6	King Solomon [in turn] gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted, whatever she asked, besides what he gave to her[4] from his royal bounty. So she returned to her own country, she and her servants.
7	Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was six hundred and sixty-six[5] talents of gold,
8	besides the taxes from the traders and from the wares of the merchants, and [the tribute money] from all the kings of the Arabs (Bedouins) and the governors of the country.
9	King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten (hammered) gold;[6] six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
10	He made three hundred smaller shields of beaten gold;[7] three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon [the king's armory].
11	Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
12	The throne had six steps, and a round[8] top was attached to the throne from the back. On either side of the seat were armrests, and two lions stood beside the armrests.

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