1 Kings 10 : 1 (MKJV)
And the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame concerning the name of Jehovah, and she came to test him with hard questions.
1 Kings 10 : 2 (MKJV)
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon, and she told him all that was in her heart.
1 Kings 10 : 3 (MKJV)
And Solomon answered all her questions for her. There was not a thing hidden from the king, which he did not tell her.
1 Kings 10 : 4 (MKJV)
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house which he had built,
1 Kings 10 : 5 (MKJV)
and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, and his cupbearers, and his burnt offering that he offered up to the house of Jehovah, there was no more spirit in her.
1 Kings 10 : 6 (MKJV)
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.
1 Kings 10 : 7 (MKJV)
And I did not believe the words until I came and my eyes had seen. And behold! The half was not told me. Your wisdom and blessings are more than the fame which I heard.
1 Kings 10 : 8 (MKJV)
Happy are your men, happy are these who are your servants, who stand always before you, and who hear your wisdom.
1 Kings 10 : 9 (MKJV)
Blessed is Jehovah your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Jehovah loved Israel forever; therefore, He made you king to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings 10 : 10 (MKJV)
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, a very great store of spices, and precious stones. No spice like that came any more for abundance, that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
1 Kings 10 : 11 (MKJV)
And also the navy of Hiram which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great abundance of almug trees and precious stones.
1 Kings 10 : 12 (MKJV)
And the king made of the almug trees a support for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day.
1 Kings 10 : 13 (MKJV)
And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
1 Kings 10 : 14 (MKJV)
And the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
1 Kings 10 : 15 (MKJV)
apart from the merchant men, and and from the traffic of the traders, and from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the lands.
1 Kings 10 : 16 (MKJV)
And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into one target.
1 Kings 10 : 17 (MKJV)
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10 : 18 (MKJV)
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
1 Kings 10 : 19 (MKJV)
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round in the back part. And there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays;
1 Kings 10 : 20 (MKJV)
and two lions were standing on the six steps, on this and on that side. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
1 Kings 10 : 21 (MKJV)
And 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 were of silver; it was counted nothing in the days of Solomon.
1 Kings 10 : 22 (MKJV)
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram. Once in three years the navy of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10 : 23 (MKJV)
And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.
1 Kings 10 : 24 (MKJV)
And all the earth sought Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.
1 Kings 10 : 25 (MKJV)
And every man brought his presents, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothing and armor, and spices, horses and mules, so much year by year.
1 Kings 10 : 26 (MKJV)
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had fourteen hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Kings 10 : 27 (MKJV)
And the king made silver like stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars like the sycamore trees in the valley for abundance.
1 Kings 10 : 28 (MKJV)
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and out of Kue. The king's merchants received them from Kue at a price.
1 Kings 10 : 29 (MKJV)
And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. And so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.
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