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.
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.
3. And Solomon told * her all her questions: there was not any thing hid * from the king, which he told * her not.
4. And when the queen of Sheba had seen * 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 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.
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.
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 * .
8. Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand * continually before thee, and that hear * thy wisdom.
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. 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.
11. And the navy also of Hiram, that brought * gold from Ophir, brought in * from Ophir great plenty * of almug trees, and precious stones.
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.
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.
14. Now the weight of gold that came * to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
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.
16. And king Solomon made * two hundred targets of beaten * gold: six hundred shekels of gold went * to one target.
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.
18. Moreover the king made * a great throne of ivory, and overlaid * it with the best * gold.
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.
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.
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.
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.
23. So king Solomon exceeded * all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
24. And all the earth sought * to 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 garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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.
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.
28. And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants * received * the linen yarn at a price.
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.
