| 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare
spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon
told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king which he
told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of
Solomon, and the house that he had built, 5 and the food of his table, and
the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their
apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the
house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the
king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and
of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine
eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and
prosperity exceed the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are
these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear
thy wisdom. 9 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set
thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever,
therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness. 10 And she
gave the king a 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.
11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones. 12 And the
king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the
king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such
almug-trees, nor were seen, unto this day.
13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever
she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she
turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred
threescore and six talents of gold, 15 besides that which the
traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the
kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country. 16 And
king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred
shekels of gold went to one buckler. 17 And he made three
hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and
the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18 Moreover the
king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
19 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round
behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two
lions standing beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the
one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in
any kingdom. 21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and
all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none
were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 22 For
the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every
three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and
apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in
wisdom. 24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his
wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his
tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and
spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he
bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 27 And the
king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as
the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 28 And the
horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants
received them in droves, each drove at a price. 29 And a chariot came up
and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse
for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for
the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
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