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And she said to the king, "The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,
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but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard.
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Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
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Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the LORD your God! Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness."
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Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices such as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Footnotes 1
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Septuagint (compare 1 Kings 10:8); Hebrew men
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