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|1 Reyes 10:11|
(Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir; and from there they brought great cargoes of almug-wood [Probably a variant of algum-wood; also in verse 12] and precious stones.
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12
|1 Reyes 10:12|
The king used the almug-wood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almug-wood has never been imported or seen since that day.)
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13
|1 Reyes 10:13|
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
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14
|1 Reyes 10:14|
The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents, [That is, about 22 1/2 tons (about 23 metric tons)]
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15
|1 Reyes 10:15|
not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the land.
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16
|1 Reyes 10:16|
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred bekas [That is, about 7 1/2 pounds (about 3.5 kilograms)] of gold went into each shield.
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17
|1 Reyes 10:17|
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas [That is, about 3 3/4 pounds (about 1.7 kilograms)] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
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18
|1 Reyes 10:18|
Then the king made a great throne inlaid with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
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19
|1 Reyes 10:19|
The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.
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20
|1 Reyes 10:20|
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.
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