2Chronicles:9

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* And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon , and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force , to prove Solomon with hard questions , and she had camels bearing spices in abundance , and gold , and precious (note :)Gr . stone (:note ) stones : and she came to Solomon , and told him all that was in her Gr . soul mind . * And Solomon told her all her words ; and there passed not a word from Solomon which he told her not . * And the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon , and the house which he had built , * and the (note :)Gr . meats (:note ) meat of the tables , and the sitting of his servants , and the standing of his ministers , and their raiment ; and his cupbearers , and their apparel ; and the whole-burnt-offerings which he offered up in the house of the Lord ; then she was in ecstasy . * And she said to the king , It was a true report which I heard in my land concerning thy words , and concerning thy wisdom . * Yet I believed not the reports until I came , and my eyes saw : and , behold , the half of the abundance of thy wisdom was not told me : thou hast exceeded the report which I heard . * Blessed are thy men , blessed are these thy servants , who stand before thee continually , and hear thy wisdom . * Blessed be the Lord thy God , who took pleasure in thee , to set thee upon his throne for a king , to the Lord thy God : forasmuch as the Lord thy God loved Israel to establish them for ever , therefore he has set thee over them for a king to execute judgement and justice . * And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold , and spices in very great abundance , and precious stones : and there were not any where else such spices as those which the queen of Saba gave king Solomon . * And the servants of Solomon and the servants of Chiram brought gold to Solomon out of Suphir , and pine timber , and precious stones . * And the king made of the pine timber steps to the house of the Lord , and to the king ’s house , and harps and lutes for the singers : and such were not seen before in the land of Juda . * And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she requested , besides all that she brought to king Solomon : and she returned to her own land . * And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold , * besides what the men who were regularly appointed and the merchants brought , and all the kings of Arabia and princes of the land : all brought gold and silver to king Solomon . * And king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold : there were six hundred shekels of pure gold to one shield . * And three hundred buckles of beaten gold : the weight of three hundred gold shekels went to one buckler : and the king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon . * And the king made a great throne of ivory , and he gilded it with pure gold . * And there were six steps to the throne , riveted with gold , and elbows on either side of the seat of the throne , and two lions standing by the elbows : * and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on each side . There was not the like in any other kingdom . * And all king Solomon ’s vessels were of gold , and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were covered with gold : silver was not thought anything of in the days of Solomon . * For (note :)Or , collectively , a fleet (:note ) a ship went for the king to Tharsis with the servants of Chiram : once every three years came vessels from Tharsis to the king , laden with gold , and silver , and Or , elephants ’ teeth ivory , and apes . * And Solomon exceeded all other kings both in riches and wisdom . * And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon , to hear his wisdom , which God had put in his heart . * And they brought every one his gifts , silver vessels and golden vessels , and raiment , (note :)Or , stacte (:note ) myrrh and spices , horses and mules , a rate every year . * And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen ; and he put them in the chariot cities , and with the king in Jerusalem . * And he rules over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines , and to the borders of Egypt . * And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones , and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance . * And Solomon imported horses from Egypt , and from every other country . * And the rest of the acts of Solomon , the first and the last , behold , these are written in the words of Nathan the prophet , and in the words of Achia the Selonite , and in the visions of Joel the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat . * And Solomon reigned over all Israel forty years . * And Solomon fell asleep , and they buried him in the city of David his father : and Roboam his son reigned in his stead .

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