2Chronicles:9

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* And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon , and came to test Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem , with a very great company , and camels that carried spices , and gold in abundance , and precious stones . And she came in to Solomon and spoke with him of all that was in her heart . * And Solomon told her all her questions . And there was nothing hidden from Solomon which he did not tell 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 , the attendance of his ministers , and their apparel , and his cupbearers and their apparel , and his burnt offerings that he offered up in the house of the LORD , there was no more spirit in her . * And she said to the king , The word that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom is true . * But I did not believe their words until I came , and my eyes had seen . And behold , the one half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me . You are greater than the fame which I heard . * Happy [are ] your men , and happy are these your servants who stand always before you and hear your wisdom . * Blessed [be ] the LORD your God , who delighted in you to set you on His throne to [be ] king for the LORD your God . Because your God loved Israel to establish them forever , therefore He made you king over them to do judgment and justice . * And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold , and an abundance of spices , and precious stones . And there has not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon . * And also the servants of Hiram , and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir , brought algum trees and precious stones . * And the king made terraces to the house of the LORD with the algum trees , and terraces to the king 's palace , and lyres and harps for 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 returned and went away 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 [that ] from the traders , and that the merchants brought . And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon . * And King Solomon made two hundred targets [of ] beaten gold . Six hundred shekels of gold went to one target . * And he [made ] three hundred shields [of ] beaten gold . Three hundred [shekels ] of gold went 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 there [were ] six steps to the throne , with a footstool of gold . fastened to the throne . And there [were ] stays on each [side ] of the sitting place , and two lions standing by the stays . * And twelve lions stood there on the one [side ], and on the other , on the six steps . 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 pure gold . None [were ] of silver . It was not prized in the days of Solomon . * For the king 's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram . Once every three years the ships of Tarshish came 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 that God had put in his heart . * And they each brought his present , vessels of silver and vessels of gold , and clothing , weapons , and spices , horses , and mules , a ration year by year . * And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen , whom he put in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem . * And he reigned 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 like stones , and he made cedar trees as the sycamore trees in the low plains . * 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 book of Nathan the prophet , and in the prophecy of Ahijah of Shiloh , and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat ? * And Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel . * And Solomon slept with his fathers , and he was buried in the city of David his father . And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place .

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