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And when
the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon
concerning the name of the Lord, she came to
prove him with hard questions.
02 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.
03 And Solomon told her all her questions: there
was not any thing hid from the king, which he
told her not.
04 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all
Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had
built,
05 And the meat 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 the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
06 And she said to the king, It was a true report
that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of
thy wisdom.
07 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
exceedeth the fame which I heard.
08 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy
servants, which stand continually before thee,
and that hear thy wisdom.
09 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted
in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel:
because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore
made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10 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.
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 the Lord, and for the king's
house, harps also and psalteries for singers:
there came no such almug trees, nor were seen
unto this day.
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba
all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that
which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So
she turned and went to her own country, 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 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of
the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all
the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the
country.
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16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of
beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to
one target.
17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten
gold; three pound 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 best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the
throne was round behind: and there were stays on
either side on the place of the seat, and two
lions stood 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 Tharshish
with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came
the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the
earth for riches and for wisdom.
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear
his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought every man his present,
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and
garments, and armour, 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, whom he
bestowed in the cities for chariots, 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 vale, for abundance.
28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt,
and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the
linen yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt
for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse
for an 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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