And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold,.... The same sum that Hiram sent him, 1 Kings 9:14 this fulfilled the prophecy, so far as it respected Solomon, Psalms 72:15
and of spices very great store, and precious stones; see 1 Kings 10:2 there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon; that is, into Judea. Josephus reports t, that some say that the balsamic plant, which Judea was afterwards so famous for, was brought by this queen, and a gift of hers to Solomon; and Diodorus Siculus u speaks of it as in Arabia, and not to be found in any other part of the world.
t Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 6.) sect. 6. u Bibliotec. l. 2. p. 132.