1Kgs 10
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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of YHWH,
she came to prove him with hard questions.
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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.
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And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king which
he told her not.
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that
he had built,
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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 to the house of YHWH; there was no more spirit in her.
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And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of your
acts, and of your wisdom.
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Nevertheless I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and,
behold, the half was not told me; your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which
I heard.
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Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, that stand continually before you,
[and] that hear your wisdom.
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Blessed be YHWH your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel:
because YHWH loved Israel for ever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and
righteousness.
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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.
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And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great
plenty of almug-trees and precious stones.
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And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of YHWH, and for the king`s
house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug-trees,
nor were seen, to this day.
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And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever 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.
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Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore
and six talents of gold,
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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.
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And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of
gold went to one buckler.
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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.
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Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
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And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had
put in his heart.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.