7. I did not believe it until I came and my eyes had seen. Behold, the half was not told me. You have added wisdom and goodness exceeding the fame I heard.
8. Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, hearing your wisdom!
9. Blessed be the Lord your God, Who delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, He made you king to execute justice and righteousness.
10. And she gave the king 120 talents of gold and of spices a very great store and precious stones. Never again came such abundance of spices as these the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
11. The navy also of Hiram brought from Ophir gold and a great plenty of almug (algum) wood and precious stones.
12. Of the almug wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and lyres also and harps for the singers. No such almug wood came again or has been seen to this day.
13. King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she wanted, whatever she asked, besides his gifts to her from his royal bounty. So she returned to her own country, she and her servants.
14. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was 666 talents of gold,
15. Besides what the traders brought and the traffic of the merchants and from all the [tributary] kings and governors of the land of Arabia.
16. King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield.
17. And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
18. Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
19. The throne had six steps, and attached at the rear of the top of the throne was a round covering or canopy. On either side of the seat were armrests, and two lions stood beside the armrests.
20. Twelve lions stood there, one on either end of each of the six steps; there was nothing like it ever made in any kingdom.