Exodus 30:23
23“Take the afinest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of baromatic cane,2 Chronicles 9:1
The Queen of Sheba
1 cNow when dthe queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.2 Chronicles 9:8
8Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you eand set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! fBecause your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”2 Chronicles 16:14
14They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier gthat had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer’s art, hand they made a very great fire in his honor.Esther 2:12
12Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—
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