8. Blessed be the Lord your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the Lord your God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness."
9. Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones; there had never been spice like that which 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. From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.
12. King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested besides a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went to her own land with her servants.
13. Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
14. besides that which the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15. King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.