2Chronicles:9

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* And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon , and came to Jerusalem to prove Solomon with enigmas ; with a very great train , and camels that bore spices and gold in great abundance , and precious stones ; and she came to Solomon , and spoke with him of all that was in her heart . * And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of , and there was not a thing hidden from Solomon that he did not explain to her . * And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon , and the house that he had built , * and the food of his table , and the deportment of his servants , and the order of service of his attendants and their apparel , and his cupbearers and their apparel , and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah , there was no more spirit in her . * And she said to the king , It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine affairs and of thy wisdom ; * but I gave no credit to their words , until I came and mine eyes had seen ; and behold , the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me : thou exceedest the report that I heard . * Happy are thy men , and happy are these thy servants , who stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom ! * Blessed be Jehovah thy God , who delighted in thee , to set thee on his throne , to be king to Jehovah thy God ! Because thy God loved Israel , to establish them for ever , therefore did he make thee king over them , to do judgment and justice . * And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold , and spices in very great abundance , and precious stones ; neither was there any such spice as that which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon . * (And the servants also of Huram , and the servants of Solomon , who brought gold from Ophir , brought sandal-wood and precious stones . * And the king made of the sandal-wood stairs for the house of Jehovah , and for the king 's house , and harps and lutes for the singers . And there were none such seen before in the land of Judah .) * And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire , whatever she asked , besides what she had brought to the king . And she turned and went to her own land , she and her servants . * And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold , * besides [what ] dealers and merchants brought , and [what ] all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought of gold and silver to Solomon . * And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold , -- he applied six hundred [shekels ] of beaten gold to one target ; * and three hundred shields of beaten gold , -- he applied three hundred [shekels ] of gold to one shield ; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon . * And the king made a great throne of ivory , and overlaid it with pure gold ; * and the throne had six steps , with a footstool of gold fastened to the throne ; and there were arms on each side at the place of the seat , and two lions stood beside the arms ; * 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 . * And all king Solomon 's drinking vessels were of gold , and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of precious gold : silver was not of the least account in the days of Solomon . * For the king 's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram : once in three years came the ships of Tarshish , bringing gold and silver , ivory , and apes , and peacocks . * And king Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth 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 man his present , vessels of silver and vessels of gold , and clothing , armour , and spices , horses and mules , a rate year by year . * And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen ; and he placed them in the chariot-cities , and with the king at Jerusalem . * And he ruled over all the kings from the river as far as the land of the Philistines , and up to the border of Egypt . * And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones , and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance . * And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt , and out of all lands . * And the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last , are they not written in the words of Nathan the prophet , and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite , and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat ? * And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years . * And Solomon slept with his fathers , and they buried him in the city of David his father ; and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead .

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