7. Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
8. Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God; because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever. Therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
9. 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.
10. The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.
11. The king used algum tree wood to make terraces for Yahweh’s house and for the king’s house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers. There were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.
12. King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
13. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
14. besides that which the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15. King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.
16. He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.