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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Now
when the queen of Sheba heard about
the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the
LORD
, she came to test
him with difficult
questions.
When the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh
, she came to prove
him with hard
questions.
She arrived
in
Jerusalem with a very large
caravan—
with camels bearing
spices, gold in
great
abundance
, and precious stones .
So
she came
to Solomon and
spoke
to
him all that was on
her mind
.
She came
to
Jerusalem with a very great
train,
with camels that
bore
spices, and
very
much
gold, and precious stones ;
and
when
she was
come
to Solomon ,
she
talked
with
him of
all that was in
her heart
.
And
Solomon answered
all her questions ;
nothing
was too
difficult
for
the king to
explain
.
Solomon told
her
all her questions :
there
was not
anything
hidden
from
the king which
he
didn't
tell
her
.
When the queen of Sheba saw
all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace
he had built,
When the queen of Sheba had
seen
all the wisdom of Solomon, and
the house
that
he had built,
the food at
his table, the seating
of his servants, the
service
and attire
of his attendants
and cupbearers
, and the
burnt
offerings
he presented
at
the house of the
LORD,
it
took
her breath
away
.
and
the food of
his table, and
the sitting
of his servants, and the
attendance
of his ministers,
and their
clothing
, and his
cup
bearers,
and
his
ascent
by
which
he went
up
to
the house of Yahweh;
there
was
no
more
spirit
in
her.
She said to the king, “The
report I heard in my own country
about
your words
and wisdom is
true
.
She said to the king, It
was
a
true
report that
I heard in my own land
of
your acts,
and of
your
wisdom.
But
I did
not
believe these
things
until I came and saw
with
my own
eyes .
Indeed
, not
even
half was told to
me .
Your wisdom and prosperity have
far
exceeded
the report
I heard.
However
I didn't
believe the
words,
until I came ,
and my eyes had
seen
it:
and
, behold,
the
half was not
told me ;
your wisdom and prosperity exceed
the fame
which
I heard.
How
blessed
are your men !
How
blessed
are these servants of
yours
who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom !
Happy
are your men ,
happy
are these your
servants ,
who stand continually before you ,
[
and ]
who
hear your wisdom .
Blessed be the
LORD
your God, who has
delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel .
Because of
the
LORD’s
eternal
love
for
Israel, He
has
made you king to carry
out
justice and righteousness. ”
Blessed be Yahweh
your God, who delighted in you ,
to set you on the throne of Israel :
because Yahweh
loved
Israel forever
, therefore
made he
you king ,
to do
justice and righteousness.
Then
she gave the king 120
talents of gold, a
great
quantity
of spices, and precious stones .
Never
again
was
such an
abundance of spices brought
in
as those
the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
She gave the king one
hundred
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.
(
The fleet
of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also
brought from Ophir a
great cargo
of almug wood
and precious stones.
The navy
also
of Hiram ,
that brought gold from Ophir ,
brought in
from Ophir great plenty
of almug trees
and precious stones.
The king made the almug wood
into
steps
for the house of the
LORD
and for the king’s
palace
, and
into
lyres
and
harps for the singers .
Never
before
had
such almug wood
been
brought
in
, nor has
such
been
seen to this day. )
The king made of
the almug trees
pillars
for the house of Yahweh,
and for the king's
house
, harps also
and
psalteries
for the singers :
there
came
no
such almug trees
, nor were
seen ,
to this day.
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she
desired—
whatever she asked —
besides what
he
had
given
her out
of his royal bounty. Then
she left
and returned
to her own country
, along
with
her servants.
King Solomon gave to
the queen of Sheba all her
desire,
whatever she asked ,
besides that
which
Solomon
gave
her of his royal bounty. So
she turned,
and went
to her own land
, she
and
her servants.
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each
year was 666
talents,
Now
the weight of gold that came to Solomon in
one
year was six
hundred
sixty-six
talents of
gold
,
not
including
the revenue
from
the merchants, traders,
and all the Arabian
kings and governors of the land
.
besides
[that
which]
the traders
[brought],
and
the traffic
of
the
merchants, and of
all the kings of
the
mixed
people,
and of
the
governors of the country
.
King Solomon made two hundred large
shields
of hammered
gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into
each
shield
.
King Solomon made two hundred bucklers
of beaten
gold; six hundred [
shekels ]
of gold went to
one
buckler
.
He also
made three hundred small
shields of hammered
gold; three minas of gold went into
each
shield .
And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
[
he made ]
three hundred shields of beaten
gold; three minas of gold went to
one
shield :
and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Additionally,
the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure
gold.
Moreover
the king made a great throne of ivory ,
and overlaid it with the
finest
gold.
The
throne
had
six steps, and its
back
had
a
rounded
top .
There were armrests
on both
sides
of the seat, with
a
lion
standing beside each
armrest
.
There
were
six steps to
the
throne
, and the
top of
the
throne
was
round
behind;
and
there were stays
on either
side
by
the
place
of the seat, and
two
lions
standing beside the
stays
.
Twelve lions stood on the six steps ,
one
at
either
end
of
each
step.
Nothing like this
had
ever
been
made for
any kingdom.
Twelve lions stood there
on the one
side
and
on
the
other
on
the
six steps :
there
was
nothing like it
made in
any kingdom.
All King Solomon’s
drinking cups
were gold, and all the utensils
of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold .
There
was
no
silver ,
because
it was accounted
as
nothing in the days of Solomon.
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.
For the king had the
ships
of
Tarshish
at sea with Hiram’s
fleet,
and
once every three years the ships
of Tarshish would
arrive
bearing
gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
For the king had at sea a
navy
of
Tarshish
with the
navy
of
Hiram:
once every three years came
the navy
of Tarshish ,
bringing
gold, and
silver, ivory, and
apes, and peacocks.
So King Solomon surpassed
all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
So king Solomon exceeded
all the kings of the earth in riches and in
wisdom.
The whole
world
sought an
audience
with
Solomon to hear the
wisdom that
God had put in his heart.
All
the earth
sought the
presence
of
Solomon ,
to hear his
wisdom ,
which
God had put in his heart.
Year
after
year,
each
visitor
would
bring
his tribute :
articles
of silver and gold, clothing, weapons
, spices, horses, and mules.
They
brought
every
man
his tribute ,
vessels
of silver ,
and vessels
of
gold, and
clothing, and
armor
, and
spices, horses, and mules ,
a
rate
year
by
year
.
Solomon accumulated
1,400
chariots and 12
, 000
horses
, which
he stationed
in the chariot cities and also
with him
in
Jerusalem.
Solomon gathered
together
chariots and horsemen:
and
he
had
a
thousand
and
four
hundred
chariots
, and
twelve
thousand
horsemen
, that
he bestowed
in the chariot cities ,
and with the
king
at
Jerusalem.
The king made silver as
common
in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar
as
abundant
as sycamore in the foothills
.
The king made silver to
be
in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars
made
he
to
be
as the
sycamore trees
that
are
in the lowland,
for
abundance
.
Solomon’s
horses were imported
from
Egypt and
Kue
; the royal
merchants purchased
them from
Kue
.
The
horses which
Solomon
had
were brought
out
of
Egypt; and
the king's
merchants received
them in
droves,
each
drove
at
a
price
.
A chariot could
be
imported
from
Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a
hundred and
fifty .
Likewise,
they
exported
them
to
all the kings of the Hittites and to
the kings of Aram
.
A chariot came
up
and
went
out
of
Egypt for six hundred [
shekels ]
of silver, and a horse for one
hundred fifty ;
and
so
for
all the kings of the Hittites ,
and for
the kings of Syria,
did
they
bring
them
out
by
their
means
.
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