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The Queen of Sheba’s Praise of Solomon
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.
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.
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.
Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built,
the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
Then she said to the king: “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.
She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true.
However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard.
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.
Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
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.”
Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great quantity, and precious stones. There never again came such abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Now King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given her according to the royal generosity. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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.
Solomon’s Great Wealth
The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
besides that from the traveling merchants, from the income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.
not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories.
And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. 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 pure gold.
Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round at the back; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests.
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.
Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.
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.
All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
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.
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
Now all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.
Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift — articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king’s merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price.