Discovery Box1 Kings 7:51 
Context7:51 When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he 1 put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.
1 Kings 10:2
Context10:2 She arrived in Jerusalem 2 with a great display of pomp, 3 bringing with her camels carrying spices, 4 a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
1 Kings 10:10
Context10:10 She gave the king 120 talents 5 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. 6
1 Kings 10:22
Context10:22 Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships 7 that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet 8 came into port with cargoes of 9 gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. 10
1 Kings 15:19
Context15:19 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 11 See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 12
1 Kings 20:7
Context20:7 The king of Israel summoned all the leaders 13 of the land and said, “Notice how this man is looking for trouble. 14 Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him.”
1 tn Heb “Solomon.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Heb “with very great strength.” The Hebrew term חַיִל (khayil, “strength”) may refer here to the size of her retinue (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV) or to the great wealth she brought with her.
4 tn Or “balsam oil.”
5 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.”
6 tn Heb “there has not come like those spices yet for quantity which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.”
7 tn Heb “a fleet of Tarshish [ships].” This probably refers to large ships either made in or capable of traveling to the distant western port of Tarshish.
8 tn Heb “the fleet of Tarshish [ships].”
9 tn Heb “came carrying.”
10 tn The meaning of this word is unclear. Some suggest “baboons.”
11 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
12 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
13 tn Heb “elders.”
14 tn Heb “Know and see that this [man] is seeking trouble.”
