KJV + Strong's The Queen of Sheba
(1 Kings 10:1-13) 1And when the queenof Shebaheardof the fameof Solomon,she cameto proveSolomonwith hard questionsat Jerusalem,with a verygreatcompany,and camelsthat barespices,and goldin abundance,and preciousstones:and when she was cometo Solomon,she communedwith him of all that was in her heart.2And Solomontoldher all her questions:and there was nothing hidfrom Solomonwhich he toldher not.3And when the queenof Shebahad seenthe wisdomof Solomon,and the housethat he had built,4And the meatof his table,and the sittingof his servants,and the attendanceof his ministers,and their apparel;his cupbearersalso, and their apparel;and his ascentby which he went upinto the houseof the LORD;there was no more spiritin her.5And she saidto the king,[It was] a TRUEreportwhich I heardin mine own landof thine acts,and of thy wisdom:6Howbeit I believednot their words,until I came,and mine eyeshad seen[it]: and, behold, the one halfof the greatnessof thy wisdomwas not toldme: [for] thou exceedestthe famethat I heard.7Happy[are] thy men,and happy[are] these thy servants,which standcontinuallybeforethee, and hearthy wisdom.8Blessedbe the LORDthy God,which delightedin thee to setthee on his throne,[to be] kingfor the LORDthy God:because thy GodlovedIsrael,to establishthem for ever,therefore madehe thee kingover them, to dojudgmentand justice.9And she gavethe kingan hundredand twentytalentsof gold,and of spicesgreatabundance,and preciousstones:neither was there any such spiceas the queenof ShebagavekingSolomon. 10And the servantsalso of Huram,and the servantsof Solomon,which broughtgoldfrom Ophir,broughtalgumtreesand preciousstones.11And the kingmade[of] the algumtreesterracesto the houseof the LORD,and to the king'spalace,and harpsand psalteriesfor singers:and there were none suchseenbeforein the landof Judah. 12And kingSolomongaveto the queenof Shebaall her desire,whatsoever she asked,beside [that] which she had broughtunto the king.So she turned,and went awayto her own land,she and her servants. Solomon's Wealth and Splendor 13Now the weightof goldthat cameto Solomonin oneyearwas sixhundredand threescoreand sixtalentsof gold;14Beside [that which] chapmenand merchantsbrought.And all the kingsof Arabiaand governorsof the countrybroughtgoldand silverto Solomon.15And kingSolomonmadetwo hundredtargets[of] beatengold:sixhundred[shekels] of beatengoldwentto onetarget.16And threehundredshields[made he of] beatengold:threehundred[shekels] of goldwentto oneshield.And the kingputthem in the houseof the forestof Lebanon. 17Moreover the kingmadea greatthroneof ivory,and overlaidit with puregold.18And [there were] sixstepsto the throne,with a footstoolof gold,[which were] fastenedto the throne,and stayson each side of the sittingplace,and twolionsstandingbythe stays:19And twelvelionsstoodthere on the one side and on the other upon the sixsteps.There was not the like madein any kingdom.20And all the drinkingvesselsof kingSolomon[were of] gold,and all the vesselsof the houseof the forestof Lebanon[were of] puregold:none [were of] silver;it was [not] anything accountedof in the daysof Solomon.21For the king'sshipswentto Tarshishwith the servantsof Huram:every threeyearsoncecamethe shipsof Tarshishbringinggold,and silver,ivory,and apes,and peacocks. 22And kingSolomonpassedall the kingsof the earthin richesand wisdom.23And all the kingsof the earthsoughtthe presenceof Solomon,to hearhis wisdom,that Godhad putin his heart.24And they broughtevery manhis present,vesselsof silver,and vesselsof gold,and raiment,harness,and spices,horses,and mules,a rateyearby year. 25And Solomonhad fourthousandstallsfor horsesand chariots,and twelvethousandhorsemen;whom he bestowedin the chariotcities,and with the kingat Jerusalem.26And he reignedover all the kingsfrom the rivereven unto the landof the Philistines,and to the borderof Egypt.27And the kingmadesilverin Jerusalemas stones,and cedar treesmadehe as the sycomore treesthat [are] in the low plainsin abundance.28And they broughtunto Solomonhorsesout of Egypt,and out of all lands. The Death of Solomon
(1 Kings 11:41-43) 29Now the restof the actsof Solomon,firstand last,[are] they not writtenin the bookof Nathanthe prophet,and in the prophecyof Ahijahthe Shilonite,and in the visionsof Iddothe seeragainst Jeroboamthe sonof Nebat?30And Solomonreignedin Jerusalemover all Israelfortyyears. 31And Solomonsleptwith his fathers,and he was buriedin the cityof Davidhis father:and Rehoboamhis sonreignedin his stead. |
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