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web @2Chronicles:9:1 @When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon , she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem , with a very great train , and camels that bore spices , and gold in abundance , and precious stones : and when she had come to Solomon , she talked with him of all that was in her heart . web @2Chronicles:9:2 @Solomon told her all her questions ; and there was not anything hidden from Solomon which he didn 't tell her . web @2Chronicles:9:3 @When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon , and the house that he had built , web @2Chronicles:9:4 @and the food of his table , and the sitting of his servants , and the attendance of his ministers , and their clothing , his cup bearers also , and their clothing , and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Yahweh ; there was no more spirit in her . web @2Chronicles:9:5 @She said to the king , "It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts , and of your wisdom . web @2Chronicles:9:6 @However I didn 't believe their words , until I came , and my eyes had seen it ; and behold , the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me : you exceed the fame that I heard . web @2Chronicles:9:7 @Happy are your men , and happy are these your servants , who stand continually before you , and hear your wisdom . web @2Chronicles:9:8 @Blessed be Yahweh your God , who delighted in you , to set you on his throne , to be king for Yahweh your God : because your God loved Israel , to establish them forever , therefore made he you king over them , to do justice and righteousness ." web @2Chronicles:9:9 @She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold , and spices in great abundance , and precious stones : neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon . web @2Chronicles:9:10 @The servants also of Huram , and the servants of Solomon , who brought gold from Ophir , brought algum trees and precious stones . web @2Chronicles:9:11 @The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of Yahweh , and for the king 's house , and harps and stringed instruments for the singers : and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah . web @2Chronicles:9:12 @King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire , whatever she asked , besides that which she had brought to the king . So she turned , and went to her own land , she and her servants . web @2Chronicles:9:13 @Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold , web @2Chronicles:9:14 @besides that which the traders and merchants brought : and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon . web @2Chronicles:9:15 @King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold ; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler . web @2Chronicles:9:16 @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 . web @2Chronicles:9:17 @Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory , and overlaid it with pure gold . web @2Chronicles:9:18 @And there were six steps to the throne , with a footstool of gold , which were fastened to the throne , and stays on either side by the place of the seat , and two lions standing beside the stays . web @2Chronicles:9:19 @Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps : there was nothing like it made in any kingdom . web @2Chronicles:9:20 @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 : silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon . web @2Chronicles:9:21 @For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram ; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish , bringing gold , and silver , ivory , and apes , and peacocks . web @2Chronicles:9:22 @So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom . web @2Chronicles:9:23 @All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon , to hear his wisdom , which God had put in his heart . web @2Chronicles:9:24 @They brought every man his tribute , vessels of silver , and vessels of gold , and clothing , armor , and spices , horses , and mules , a rate year by year . web @2Chronicles:9:25 @Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen , that he stationed in the chariot cities , and with the king at Jerusalem . web @2Chronicles:9:26 @He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines , and to the border of Egypt . web @2Chronicles:9:27 @The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones , and he made cedars to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland , for abundance . web @2Chronicles:9:28 @They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt , and out of all lands . web @2Chronicles:9:29 @Now the rest of the acts of Solomon , first and last , aren 't they written in the history 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 ? web @2Chronicles:9:30 @Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years . web @2Chronicles:9:31 @Solomon slept with his fathers , and he was buried in the city of David his father : and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place .

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