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* And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD , she came to prove him with hard questions . * And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train , with camels that bare spices , and very much gold , and precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon , she communed with him of all that was in her heart . * And Solomon told her all her questions : there was not any thing hid from the king , which he told her not . * And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomons wisdom , and the house that he had built , * And the meat of his table , and the sitting of his servants , and the attendance of his ministers , and their apparel , and his cupbearers , and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD ; 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 thy acts and of thy wisdom . * Howbeit I believed not the words , until I came , and mine eyes had seen it : and , behold , the half was not told me : thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard . * Happy are thy men , happy are these thy servants , which stand continually before thee , and that hear thy wisdom . * Blessed be the LORD thy God , which delighted in thee , to set thee on the throne of Israel Yisra #el #: because the LORD loved Israel for ever , therefore made he thee king , to do judgment and justice . * And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold , and of spices very great store , and precious stones : there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon . * And the navy also of Hiram , that brought gold from Ophir , brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees , and precious stones . * And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD , and for the kings house , harps also and psalteries for singers : there came no such almug trees , nor were seen unto this day . * And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire , whatsoever she asked , beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty . So she turned and went to her own country , she and her servants . * Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold , * Beside that he had of the merchantmen #H8446 , and of the traffick of the spice merchants , and of all the kings of Arabia , and of the governors of the country . * 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 pound of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon . * Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory , and overlaid it with the best gold . * The throne had six steps ma #alah #, and the top of the throne was round behind : and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat , and two lions stood beside the stays . * And twelve sh @nayim # lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps ma #alah #: there was not the like made in any kingdom . * And all king Solomons drinking vessels 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 nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon . * For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish , bringing gold , and silver , ivory , and apes , and peacocks . * So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom . * And all the earth sought to 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 garments , and armour , and spices , horses , and mules , a rate year by year . * And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots , and twelve sh @nayim # thousand horsemen , whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots , and with the king at Jerusalem . * And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones , and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale , for abundance . * And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt , and linen yarn : the kings merchants received the linen yarn at a price . * And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver , and an horse for an hundred and fifty : and so for all the kings of the Hittites , and for the kings of Syria , did they bring them out by their means .

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