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Chapter 10 |
1 | And when the 1queen of Sheba
heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came
to prove him with hard questions.
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1st Chron 9:1,
Matt 12:42,
Luke 11:31
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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 any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. |
4 | And when the queen of Sheba had seen all
Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, |
5 | 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. |
6 |
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. |
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 1prosperity
exceedeth the fame which I heard.
1
2nd Chron 9:6,
2nd Chron 9:13-28,
Matt 6:29,
Luke 12:27
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8 |
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually
before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. |
9 | 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 traffic of the spice
merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the
country. |
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 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, 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 sycamore 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. |