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# 120 talents
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"one hundred and twenty talents." A talent is a unit of weight equal to about 33 kilograms. You may convert this to a modern measure. Alternate translation: "about four thousand kilograms of gold" or "about four metric tons of gold" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]])
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# No greater amount of spices ... was ever given to him again
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The verb "was ever given" can be expressed in active form. Alternate translation: "No one ever gave more spices than the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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