English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Kings Book, chapter 10, verse 60 in Nlv Version

1 Kings 10 : 1 (NLV)

When the queen of Sheba heard about the wisdom Solomon had from the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions.

1 Kings 10 : 2 (NLV)

She came to Jerusalem and many people came with her. She brought camels carrying spices and much gold and stones of much worth. When she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.

1 Kings 10 : 3 (NLV)

And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from the king which he could not make plain to her.

1 Kings 10 : 4 (NLV)

The queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the house he had built,

1 Kings 10 : 5 (NLV)

the food on his table, and his many servants seated to eat. She saw those who brought the food and how they were dressed, and those who carried his cups. She saw the steps by which he went up to the house of the Lord. And there was no more spirit in her.

1 Kings 10 : 6 (NLV)

She said to the king, "The news was true that I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

1 Kings 10 : 7 (NLV)

But I did not believe the news until I came. Now my eyes have seen it. And half of it was not told to me. You have more wisdom and riches than I heard you had.

1 Kings 10 : 8 (NLV)

How happy are your men! How happy are these your servants who stand in front of you always and hear your wisdom!

1 Kings 10 : 9 (NLV)

Thanks be to the Lord your God Who was pleased with you and set you on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord loved Israel forever, He has made you king, to do what is fair and right and good."

1 Kings 10 : 10 (NLV)

Then she gave the king gold weighing as much as 120 small men. She gave him a very large amount of spices and stones of much worth. Never again did so much spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

1 Kings 10 : 11 (NLV)

The ships of Hiram brought from Ophir gold and very many almug trees and stones of much worth.

1 Kings 10 : 12 (NLV)

The king used the almug trees to make pillars for the house of the Lord and for the king's house. And he used them to make different kinds of harps for the singers. No such almug trees have come in again or have been seen to this day.

1 Kings 10 : 13 (NLV)

King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she wanted, whatever she asked, as well as his gifts to her from the king's riches. Then she and her servants returned to her own land.

1 Kings 10 : 14 (NLV)

The gold which came in to Solomon in one year weighed as much as 666 small men,

1 Kings 10 : 15 (NLV)

besides all the gold that came from the traders and all the kings of the Arabs and the leaders of the country.

1 Kings 10 : 16 (NLV)

King Solomon made 200 large body coverings for battle of beaten gold. For each covering he used 600 pieces of gold.

1 Kings 10 : 17 (NLV)

And he made 300 coverings of beaten gold, using 150 pieces of gold on each covering. The king put them in the house among the trees of Lebanon.

1 Kings 10 : 18 (NLV)

Then the king made a large throne of ivory and covered it with fine gold.

1 Kings 10 : 19 (NLV)

The throne had six steps, and a round top at its back. There were arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

1 Kings 10 : 20 (NLV)

Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one on each end. Nothing like it was made for any other king.

1 Kings 10 : 21 (NLV)

All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold. And all the cups of the house among the trees of Lebanon were made of pure gold. None of them were made of silver. Silver was not thought of as being of much worth in the days of Solomon.

1 Kings 10 : 22 (NLV)

For the king had a group of ships of Tarshish at sea with the ships of Hiram. Every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes and peacocks.

1 Kings 10 : 23 (NLV)

So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

1 Kings 10 : 24 (NLV)

They came from all over the earth to see Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

1 Kings 10 : 25 (NLV)

Every one of them brought his gift. They brought objects of silver and gold, clothing, objects for fighting in battle, spices, horses and donkeys, so much year by year.

1 Kings 10 : 26 (NLV)

Solomon gathered war-wagons and horsemen. He had 1,400 warwagons and 12,000 horsemen. He kept them in the war-wagon cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 10 : 27 (NLV)

The king made silver as easy to find as stones in Jerusalem. He made cedar trees as easy to find as the sycamore trees of the valley.

1 Kings 10 : 28 (NLV)

Solomon had horses brought from Egypt and Kue. The king's traders bought them from Kue, each for a price.

1 Kings 10 : 29 (NLV)

A war-wagon could be brought from Egypt for 600 pieces of silver, and a horse for 150 pieces of silver. They got them in the same way for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.