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* And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon as to the name of Jehovah , and she came to test him with hard questions . * And she came to Jerusalem with a very great company , camels bearing spices , and very much gold , and precious stones . And she came to Solomon and spoke with him all that had been in her heart . * And Solomon told her all her matters ; there was not one thing hidden from the king that he did not declare to her . * And the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon , and the house that he built , * and the food of his table , and the sitting of his servants , and the standing of his ministers , and their clothing , and his cupbearers and his burnt offering that he offered in the house of Jehovah ; and there was no more breath in her . * And she said to the king , The word that I heard in my land was true as to your matters and your wisdom . * And I did not believe the words until I had come and my eyes had seen ; and behold , the half was not told to me . You have wisdom and prosperity exceeding the fame which I heard . * Oh the happiness of your men ! Oh the happiness of your servants , these who stand before you continually , who hear your wisdom ! * Blessed be Jehovah your God who delighted in you , to put you on the throne of Israel , because Jehovah loved Israel forever , therefore He made you king , to do judgment and righteousness . * And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold , and very many spices , and precious stones ; no spice like that came any more for abundance , that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon . * And also , the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir brought in from Ophir almug trees , a great many , and precious stones ; * and the king made the almug trees a support for the house of Jehovah , and for the king 's house , and harps and lyres for singers ; no such almug trees have come , nor have there been seen such to this day . * And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked , apart from that which he gave to her as a memorial of king Solomon . And she turned and went to her land , she and her servants . * And the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold , * apart from the merchant men , and from the traffic of the traders , and from all the Arabian kings , and from the governors of the lands . * And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold : six hundred of gold went to one target ; * and three hundred shields of beaten gold : three minas of gold went to one shield ; and the king put them in the house of the forest of canon . * And the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold . * The throne had six steps , and the top of the throne was round behind ; and stays were on either side on the place of the seat , and two lions stood beside the stays ; * and twelve lions were standing on the six steps , on this side and on that ; there was not the like made in any kingdom . * And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold , and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of refined gold ; there was none of silver ; it was not counted for anything in the days of Solomon ; * For the king had a navy of Tarshish at sea with a navy of Hiram ; once in three years the navy of Tarshish would come bearing gold , and silver , and ivory , and apes , and peacocks . * And king Solomon was greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom ; * and all the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon , to hear his wisdom that God had put into his heart ; * and they were each one bringing his present , vessels of silver , and vessels of gold , and garments , and armor , and spices , horses , and mules , a rate year by year . * And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen , and he had a thousand , four hundred chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen ; and he placed them in the cities of the chariots , and with the king in Jerusalem . * And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones , and he made cedars as the sycamores that are in the low country , for abundance . * And the horses that king Solomon had were brought from Egypt , and from Kue ; the king 's merchants received them from Kue at a price ; * 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 they brought them out by their means .

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