2 Chronicles 9:9

9:9 She gave the king 120 talents ¹  of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. ² 

2 Chronicles 9:24

9:24 Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. ³ 

2 Chronicles 32:27

32:27 Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 16:14

16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. ⁵  They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 9:1

Solomon Entertains a Queen

9:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, ⁷  she came to challenge ⁸  him ⁹  with difficult questions. ¹⁰  She arrived in Jerusalem ¹¹  with a great display of pomp, ¹²  bringing with her camels carrying spices, ¹³  a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.

[9:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “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, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the weight of the gold was 8,076 lbs. (3,672 kg).

[9:9]  ² tn Heb “there has not been like those spices which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”

[9:24]  ³ tn Heb “and they were bringing each one his gift, items of silver…and mules, the matter of a year in a year.”

[32:27]  ⁵ tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “and shields and all the desirable items.” The present translation assumes an emendation of מָגִנִּים (maginnim, “shields”) to מִגְדָּנִים (migdanim, “precious items”). See v. 23.

[16:14]  ⁷ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[16:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”

[9:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “the report about Solomon.”

[9:1]  ¹⁰ tn Or “test.”

[9:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Solomon.” The recurrence of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style, so the pronoun has been used in the translation instead.

[9:1]  ¹² tn Or “riddles.”

[9:1]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[9:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew word חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue or to the great wealth she brought with her.

[9:1]  ¹⁵ tn Or “balsam oil.”