1 Kings
10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the
name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare
spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come
to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from
the king, which he told her not.
10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house
that he had built,
10:5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the
attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and
his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no
more spirit in her.
10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own
land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen
it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity
exceedeth the fame which I heard.
10:8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually
before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the
throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made
he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10:10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of
spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such
abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king
Solomon.
10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
10:12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD,
and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there
came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever
she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So
she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred
threescore and six talents of gold,
10:15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice
merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the
country.
10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred
shekels of gold went to one target.
10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold
went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of
Lebanon.
10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the
best gold.
10:19 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 seat, and two
lions stood beside the stays.
10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the
six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
10:21 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 nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once
in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for
wisdom.
10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had
put in his heart.
10:25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels
of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate
year by year.
10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom
he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
10:27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made
he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's
merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of
silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings
of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by
their means.
