2Chronicles:9

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* And the queen of Sheba had heard of Solomon 's fame . And she came to test Solomon with sharp questions at Jerusalem , with a very great train , and camels bearing spices , and gold in abundance , and precious stones . And she came in to Solomon and spoke with him all that was in her heart . * And Solomon told her all her matters ; and there was nothing hidden from Solomon that he did not declare to her . * And the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon , and the house that he had 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 their clothing , and his burnt offerings that he offered up in the house of Jehovah ; and there was no more spirit in her . * And she said to the king , The word that I heard in my land concerning your matters and concerning your wisdom is true . * But I had given no credit to their words , until I had come and my eyes had seen . And , behold , there was not declared to me half of the abundance of your wisdom . You exceeded the report that I heard . * Oh the happiness of your men , and the happiness of your servants , these who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom ! * May Jehovah your God be blessed , who has delighted in you , to put you on His throne to be king for Jehovah your God . In the love of your God toward Israel , to make it stand forever , He has put you over them as king , to do judgment and righteousness . * And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold , and spices in great plenty , and precious stones . And there has not been any spice as that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon . * And also the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon , who brought in gold from Ophir , brought in algum trees and precious stones . * And the king fashioned the algum trees into steps for the house of Jehovah , and for the king 's house , and lyres and harps for singers . and there was none like these before in the land of Judah . * And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked , besides that which she had brought to the king . 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 , * besides that from the traders , and that the merchants were bringing in . And all the kings of Arabia , and the rulers of the land , were bringing in gold and silver to Solomon . * And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold ; he put six hundred of beaten gold on the one target ; * and three hundred shields of beaten gold ; he put three hundred of gold on the 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 six steps were to the throne , and a footstool of gold was fastened to the throne ; and hands were on this side and on that , at the place of the sitting ; and two lions were standing near the hands ; * and twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on this side and on that . There was not any such made for any kingdom . * And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were gold , and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon of refined gold . Silver was not counted for anything in the days of Solomon . * For the ships of the king were going to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram . Once in three years the ships came from Tarshish bearing gold , and silver , ivory , and apes , and peacocks . * And king Solomon increased more than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom . * And all the kings of the earth were seeking the face of Solomon , to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart . * And they were each bringing his present , vessels of silver and vessels of gold , and garments , weapons , 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 put them in the chariot cities , and with the king in Jerusalem . * And he ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines , and to the border of Egypt . * And the king made silver in Jerusalem as the stones . And he made the cedars as the sycamores in the low country for abundance . * And they brought out horses from Egypt to Solomon , and from all the lands . * And the rest of the acts of Solomon , the first and the 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 lay with his fathers , and they buried him in the city of his father David . And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place .

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