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II Chronicles

Chapter 9

1 And when the queen of Sheba
heard of the fame of Solomon,
she came to prove/test Solomon
with hard questions at Jerusalem,
with a very great company,
and camels that bare spices,
and gold in abundance,
and precious stones.

And when she was come to Solomon,
she communed with him
of all that was in her heart/'right lobe'.

2 And Solomon answered her all her questions
and there was nothing hid from Solomon
which he told her not.

3 And when the queen of Sheba
had seen the wisdom of Solomon,
and the house that he had built, 4
and the meat of his table,
and the sitting of his servants,
and the attendance of his ministers,
and their apparel;
his cupbearers also, and their apparel;
and his ascent by which he went up
into the house of Jehovah/God;
there was no more spirit in her.

5 And she said to the king,
It was a true report
which I heard in my own land of your acts,
and of your wisdom . . . 6
howbeit I believed not their words, until I came,
and my eyes had seen it
and, behold, the one half of the greatness
of your wisdom was not told me . . .
for you exceed the fame that I heard.

7 Happy are your men,
and happy are these your servants,
who stand continually before you,
and hear your wisdom.

8 Blessed be Jehovah/God
your 'Elohiym/Godhead,
Who delighted in you to set you on His throne,
to be king for Jehovah/God
your 'Elohiym/Godhead . . .
because your 'Elohiym/Godhead loved Israel,
to establish them forever,
therefore made He you king over them,
to do judgment and justice.

9 And she gave the king
an hundred and twenty talents of gold
and of spices great abundance,
and precious stones . . .
neither was there any such spice
as the queen of Sheba
gave king Solomon.

10 And the servants also of Huram/Hiram,
and the servants of Solomon,
who brought gold from Ophir,
brought algum trees and precious stones.

11 And the king made of the algum trees
terraces to the house of Jehovah/God,
and to the king's palace,
and harps and psalteries for singers
and there were none such seen
before in the land of Judah.

12 And king Solomon
gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked,
beside that which she had brought unto the king.

So she turned,
and went away to her own land,
she and her servants.

13 Now the weight of gold
that came to Solomon in one year
was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 14
beside that which chapmen and merchants brought.

And all the kings of Arabia
and governors of the country
brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold . . .
six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
16 And three hundred shields made he 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.

17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory,
and overlaid it with pure gold.

18 And there were six steps to the throne,
with a footstool of gold,
which were fastened to the throne,
and stays on each side of the sitting place,
and two lions standing by the stays.
 
19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side
and on the other upon the six steps.

There was not the like made in any kingdom.

20 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 any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish
with the servants of Huram/Hiram . . .
every three years once came the ships of Tarshish
bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth
in riches and wisdom.

23 And all the kings of the earth
sought the presence of Solomon,
to hear his wisdom,
that 'Elohiym/Godhead had put in his heart/'right lobe'.

24 And they brought every man his present,
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,
and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules,
a rate year by year.

25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls
for horses and chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen;
whom he bestowed in the chariot cities,
and with the king at Jerusalem.

26 And he reigned over all the kings
from the river even unto the land of the Philistines,
and to the border of Egypt.

27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones,
and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees
that are in the low plains in abundance.

28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt,
and out of all lands.

29 Now 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 the Shilonite,
and in the visions of Iddo the seer
against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
over all Israel forty years.

31 And Solomon slept with his fathers,
and he was buried in the city of David his father
and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place/stead.