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* And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon in connection with the name of the Lord , she came to prove him with riddles . * And she came to Jerusalem with an exceedingly great train , with camels bearing spices , and gold in great abundance , and precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon , she spoke with him of all that was on her heart . * And Solomon solved her all her questions : nothing remained hidden from the king , which he did not tell her . * And when the queen of Sheba saw all Solomon ’s wisdom , and the house that he had built , * And the food of his table , and the sitting of his servants , and the attendance of his ministers , and their apparel , and his cup –bearers , and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord : there was no more spirit in her . * And she said to the king , The truth only was the word that I heard in my own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom . * And I believed not in the words , until I came , and my eyes saw : and , behold , the half hath not been told me ; thou excellest in wisdom and prosperity the report which I have heard . * Happy are thy men , happy are these thy servants , who stand before thee continually , who hear thy wisdom . * Blessed be the Lord thy God , who hath had delight in thee , to place thee on the throne of Israel ; because the Lord loveth Israel for ever , therefore hath he made thee king , to do justice and righteousness . * And she gave to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold , and of spices a very great store , and precious stones : there came no more spices in such abundance as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon . * And also the ship of Hiram , that fetched gold from Ophir , brought in from Ophir in great abundance sandal –wood and precious stones . * And the king made of the sandal –wood a railing for the house of the Lord , and for the king ’s house , and harps and psalteries for the singers : there came no such sandal –wood , nor was it seen until this day . * And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her pleasure , whatsoever she asked , beside what Solomon gave her of his royal bounty . So she turned about and went to her own country , she and her servants . * Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold , * Beside of the traveling tradesmen , and of the traffic of the merchants , and of the kings of confederate nations , and of the governors of the country . * And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold : six hundred shekels of gold he used for each one target . * And three hundred shields of beaten gold ; three manehs of gold he used for each one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon . * The king also made a great throne of ivory , and overlaid it with the best gold . * The throne had six steps , and there was a round top on the throne behind ; and there were arms on either side on the place of the seat , and two lions stood beside the arms . * And twelve lions stood there upon the six steps on both sides : there was not the like made in any other kingdom . * 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 not valued in the days of Solomon at the least . * For the king had a Tharshish –ship at sea with the ship of Hiram : once in three years the Tharshish –ship used to come home , laden with gold , and silver , ivory , and apes , and peacocks . * And king Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom . * And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom , which God had put in his heart . * And they brought every man his present , vessels of silver , and vessels of gold , and garments , and armor , and spices , horses , and mules : and so year by year . * And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen , whom he quartered in the cities for chariots , and near the king at Jerusalem . * And the king rendered the silver in Jerusalem like stones , and the cedars he rendered like the sycamore –trees that are in the lowlands , for abundance . * And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt ; and a company of the king ’s merchants bought a quantity at a price . * And a chariot –team 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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