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The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon
When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.
When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.
The Queen of Sheba
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan — with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones — she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind.
So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.
Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from the king which he did not explain to her.
When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built,
When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.
She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true.
Then she said to the king, “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.
But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.
“Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard.
How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
“How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.
Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.”
“Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones.
The king made of the almug trees supports for the house of the LORD and for the king’s house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day.
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested, besides what he gave her according to his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land together with her servants.
Wealth, Splendor and Wisdom
Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.
besides that from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.
King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield.
He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.
The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.
There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.
Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.
All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s days.
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. None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.
King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift — articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.
They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.
Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.
Also Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.
A chariot was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans.