1 Kings 5:7

5:7 When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he ¹  has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.”

1 Kings 10:10

10:10 She gave the king 120 talents ²  of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ³ 

1 Kings 17:17

17:17 After this ⁴  the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.

[5:7]  ¹ tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”

[10:10]  ² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 9,000 pounds of gold (cf. NCV, NLT); CEV “five tons”; TEV “4,000 kilogrammes.”

[10:10]  ³ tn Heb “there has not come like those spices yet for quantity which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[17:17]  ³ tn Heb “after these things.”