2 Chronicles 9
1 And when the
queen of
Sheba heard of the
fame of
Solomon, she
came to
prove Solomon with hard
questions at
Jerusalem, with a
very great company, and
camels that
bare spices, and
gold in
abundance, and
precious stones: and when she was
come to
Solomon, she
communed with him of all that was in her
heart. 2 And
Solomon told her all her
questions: and there was nothing
hid from
Solomon which he
told her not.
3 And when the
queen of
Sheba had
seen the
wisdom of
Solomon, and the
house that he had
built,
4 And the
meat of his
table, and the
sitting of his
servants, and the
attendance of his
ministers, and their
apparel; his
cupbearers also, and their
apparel; and his
ascent by which he went
up into the
house of the
LORD; there was no more
spirit in her.
5 And she
said to the
king, It was a
true report which I
heard in mine own
land of thine
acts, and of thy
wisdom: 6 Howbeit I
believed not their
words, until I
came, and mine
eyes had
seen it: and, behold, the one
half of the
greatness of thy
wisdom was not
told me: for thou
exceedest the
fame that I
heard.
7 Happy are thy
men, and
happy are these thy
servants, which
stand continually before thee, and
hear thy
wisdom. 8 Blessed be the
LORD thy
God, which
delighted in thee to
set thee on his
throne, to be
king for the
LORD thy
God: because thy
God loved Israel, to
establish them for
ever, therefore
made he thee
king over them, to
do judgment and
justice. 9 And she
gave the
king an
hundred and
twenty talents of
gold, and of
spices great abundance, and
precious stones: neither was there any such
spice as the
queen of
Sheba gave king Solomon. 10 And the
servants also of
Huram, and the
servants of
Solomon, which
brought gold from
Ophir, brought algum trees and
precious stones. 11 And the
king made of the
algum trees terraces to the
house of the
LORD, and to the
king's palace, and
harps and
psalteries for
singers: and there were none
such seen before in the
land of
Judah. 12 And
king Solomon gave to the
queen of
Sheba all her
desire, whatsoever she
asked, beside that which she had
brought unto the
king. So she
turned, and went
away to her own
land, she and her
servants. 13 Now the
weight of
gold that
came to
Solomon in
one year was
six hundred and
threescore and
six talents of
gold; 14 Beside that which
chapmen and
merchants brought. And all the
kings of
Arabia and
governors of the
country brought gold and
silver to
Solomon. 15 And
king Solomon made two
hundred targets of
beaten gold: six hundred shekels of
beaten gold went to
one target. 16 And
three hundred shields made he of
beaten gold: three hundred shekels of
gold went to
one shield. And the
king put them in the
house of the
forest of
Lebanon. 17 Moreover the
king made a
great throne of
ivory, and
overlaid it with
pure gold. 18 And there were
six steps to the
throne, with a
footstool of
gold, which were
fastened to the
throne, and
stays on each side of the
sitting place, and
two lions standing by the
stays: 19 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. 20 And all the
drinking vessels of
king Solomon 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 not
any thing
accounted of in the
days of
Solomon. 21 For the
king's ships went to
Tarshish with the
servants of
Huram: every
three years once came the
ships of
Tarshish bringing gold, and
silver, ivory, and
apes, and
peacocks. 22 And
king Solomon passed all the
kings of the
earth in
riches and
wisdom. 23 And all the
kings of the
earth sought the
presence of
Solomon, to
hear his
wisdom, that
God had
put in his
heart. 24 And they
brought every
man his
present, vessels of
silver, and
vessels of
gold, and
raiment, harness, and
spices, horses, and
mules, a
rate year by
year. 25 And
Solomon had
four thousand stalls for
horses and
chariots, and
twelve thousand horsemen; whom he
bestowed in the
chariot cities, and with the
king at
Jerusalem. 26 And he
reigned over all the
kings from the
river even unto the
land of the
Philistines, and to the
border of
Egypt. 27 And the
king made silver in
Jerusalem as
stones, and cedar
trees made he as the sycomore
trees that are in the low
plains in
abundance. 28 And they
brought unto
Solomon horses out of
Egypt, and out of all
lands. 29 Now the
rest of the
acts of
Solomon, first and
last, are they not
written in the
book of
Nathan the
prophet, and in the
prophecy of
Ahijah the
Shilonite, and in the
visions of
Iddo the
seer against
Jeroboam the
son of
Nebat? 30 And
Solomon reigned in
Jerusalem over all
Israel forty years. 31 And
Solomon slept with his
fathers, and he was
buried in the
city of
David his
father: and
Rehoboam his
son reigned in his stead.