(A)Blessed be the Lord your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; (B)because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, (C)to do justice and righteousness.” 10 (D)She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

11 (E)Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones.

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