I Kings Chapter 10

I Kings Chapter 10
1 And the queen of Sheba hearing the
fame of Solomon (concerning the name
of the Lord) came to prove him with
hard questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very
great train, and camels that bear sweet
odors, and gold exceeding much, and
precious stones: and she came to
Solomon, and communed with him of all
that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon
declared unto her all her questions:
nothing was hid from the king, which he
expounded not unto her.
4 Then the queen of Sheba saw all
Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he
had built,
5 And the meat of his table, and the
sitting of his servants, and the order of
his ministers, and their apparel, and his
drinking vessels, and his burnt offerings,
that he offered in the house of the Lord,
and she was greatly astonied. 6 And she
said unto the king, It was a true word
that I heard in mine own land of thy
sayings, and of thy wisdom.
7 Howbeit I believed not this report till I
came, and had seen it with mine eyes:
but lo, the one half was not told me: for
thou hast more wisdom and prosperity,
than I have heard by report.
8 Happy are the men, happy are these thy
servants, which stand ever before thee,
and hear thy wisdom.
9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which
loved thee, to set thee on the throne of
Israel, because the Lord loved Israel
forever and made thee king to do equity
and righteousness.
10 And she gave the king sixscore
talents of gold, and of sweet odors
exceeding much, and precious stones.
There came no more such abundance of
sweet odors, as the queen of Sheba gave
to king Solomon.
11 The navy also of Hiram (that carried
gold from Ophir) brought likewise great
plenty of almuggim trees from Ophir and
precious stones.
12 And the king made of the almuggim
trees pillars for the house of the Lord,
and for the king's palace, and made
harps and psalteries for singers. There
came no more such almuggim trees, nor
were any more seen unto this day. 13
And king Solomon gave unto the queen
of Sheba, whatsoever she would ask,
besides that, which Solomon gave her of
his kingly liberality: so she returned and
went to her own country, both she, and
her servants. 14 Also the weight of gold,
that came to Solomon in one year, was
six hundred threescore and six talents of
gold,
15 Besides that he had of merchantmen
and of the merchandises of them that
sold spices, and of all the kings of
Arabia, and of the princes of the country.
16 And king Solomon made two hundred
targets of beaten gold, six hundred
shekels of gold went to a target:
17 And three hundred shields of beaten
gold, three pound of gold went to one
shield: and the king put them in the house
of the wood of Lebanon. 18 Then the
king made a great throne of ivory, and
covered it with the best gold.
19 And the throne had six steps, and the
top of the throne was round behind, and
there were stays on either side on the
place of the throne, and two lions
standing by the stays.
20 And there stood twelve lions on the
six steps on either side: there was not
the like made in any kingdom.
21 And all king Solomon's drinking
vessels were of gold, and all the vessels
of the house of the wood of Lebanon
were of pure gold, none were of silver:
for it was nothing esteemed in the days
of Solomon.
22 For the king had on the sea the navy
of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram:
once in three year came the navy of
Tharshish, and brought gold and silver,
ivory, and apes and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the
kings of the earth both in riches and in
wisdom.
24 And all the world sought to see
Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which
God had put in his heart,
25 And they brought every man his
present, vessels of silver, and vessels of
gold, and raiment, and armor, and sweet
odors, horses and mules, from year to
year.
26 Then Solomon gathered together
chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen, whom he
placed in the chariot cities, and with the
king at Jerusalem. 27 And the king gave
silver in Jerusalem as stones, and gave
cedars as the wild fig trees that grow
abundantly in the plain.
28 Also Solomon had horses brought out
of Egypt, and fine linen: the king's
merchants received the linen for a price.
29 There came up and went out of Egypt
some chariot, worth six hundred shekels
of silver: that is, one horse, an hundred
and fifty and thus they brought horses to
all the kings of the Hittites and to the
kings of Aram
[Syria] by their means.