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.