10:1 And the queen of Saba heard of the name
of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train; and [there came]
camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came
in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.
10:3 And Solomon answered all her questions: and there was not a question
overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.
10:4 And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house
which he built,
10:5 and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the
standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cup-bearers, and his
whole-burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was
utterly amazed.
10:6 And she said to king Solomon, [It was] a true report which I heard in
my land of thy words and thy wisdom.
10:7 But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw:
and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast
exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.
10:8 Blessed [are] thy wives, blessed [are] these thy servants who stand
before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.
10:9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set
thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish
[him] for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment
with justice, and in their causes.
10:10 And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very
many spices, and precious stones: there hd not come any other spices so
abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
10:11 And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought
very much hewn timber and precious stones.
10:12 And the king made the hewn timber [into] buttresses of the house of
the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn
timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this
day.
10:13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired,
whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of king
Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.
10:14 And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.
10:15 Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and
all the kings of the [country] beyond [the river], and of the princess of
the land.
10:16 And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred
shekels of gold were upon one spear.
10:17 And three hundred shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold
were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of
Lebanon.
10:18 And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold.
10:19 The throne [had] six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne
behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two
lions standing by the side-pieces,
10:20 and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it
was not so done in any [other] kingdom.
10:21 And all the vessels made by Solomon [were] of gold, and the lavers
[were] golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon
were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the
days of Solomon.
10:22 For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram:
one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, [laden with]
gold and silver, and wrought stones, and hewn stones. This was the
arrangement of the provision which king Solomon fetched to build the house
of the Lord, and the house of the king, and the wall of Jerusalem, and the
citadel; to fortify the city of David, and Assur, and Magdal, and Gazer, and
Baethoron the upper, and Jethermath, and all the cities of the chariots, and
all the cities of the horsemen, and the fortification of Solomon which he
purposed to build in Jerusalem and in all the land, so that none of the
people should rule over him that was left of the Chettite and the Amorite,
and the Pherezite, and the Chananite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and
the Gergesite, who were not of the children of Israel, their descendants who
had been left with him in the land, whom the children of Israel could not
utterly destroy; and Solomon made them tributaries until this day. But of
the children of Israel Solomon made nothing; for they were the warriors, and
his servants and rulers, and captains of the third order, and the captains
of his chariots, and his horsemen.
10:23 And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and
wisdom.
10:24 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear
his wisdom which the Lord [had] put into his heart.
10:25 And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment,
and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
10:26 And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with
the king in Jerusalem: and he ruled over all the kings from the river to the
land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
10:27 And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made
cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.
10:28 And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen [was] also out of Egypt,
and the king's merchants [were] of Thecue; and they received them out of
Thecue at a price.
10:29 And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up [thus, even] a chariot
for a hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse fr fifty [shekels] of silver:
and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they
came out by sea. |
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 traffic 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 armor, 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 sycamore 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. |