And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
We have here an account of the visit which the queen of Sheba made to Solomon, no doubt when he was in the height of his piety and prosperity. Our Saviour calls her the queen of the south, for Sheba lay south of Canaan.
Commenting on 1 Kings 10:1-13
And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold,.... The same sum that Hiram sent him; see Gill on Kg1 9:14 this fulfilled the prophecy, so far as it respected Solomon, Psa 72:15. and of spices very great store, and precious stones; see Kg1 10:2 there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to...
she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold--£720,00.