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The
Queen of Sheba |
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| 1 Kings 10:1 |
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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
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| 1 Kings 10:2 |
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So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue,
with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came
to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. |
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| 1 Kings 10:3 |
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Solomon answered all her questions; nothing
was hidden from the king which he did not explain to her. |
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| 1 Kings 10:4 |
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When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom
of Solomon, the house that he had built, |
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| 1 Kings 10:5 |
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the food of his table, the seating of his servants,
the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway
by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her. |
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| 1 Kings 10:6 |
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Then she said to the king, "It was a true report
which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. |
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| 1 Kings 10:7 |
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Nevertheless I did not believe the reports,
until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You
exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard. |
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| 1 Kings 10:8 |
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How blessed are your men, how blessed are these
your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. |
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| 1 Kings 10:9 |
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Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in
you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel forever,
therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness." |
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| 1 Kings 10:10 |
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She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents
of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did
such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. |
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| 1 Kings 10:11 |
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Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold
from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious
stones. |
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| 1 Kings 10:12 |
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The king made of the almug trees supports for
the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers;
such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day. |
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| 1 Kings 10:13 |
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King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all
her desire which she requested, besides what he gave her according to his royal
bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land together with her servants. |
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Wealth,
Splendor and Wisdom |
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| 1 Kings 10:14 |
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Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon
in one year was 666 talents of gold, |
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| 1 Kings 10:15 |
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besides that from the traders and the twares
of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country. |
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| 1 Kings 10:16 |
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King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten
gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. |
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| 1 Kings 10:17 |
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He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three
minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest
of Lebanon. |
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| 1 Kings 10:18 |
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Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory
and overlaid it with refined gold. |
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| 1 Kings 10:19 |
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There were six steps to the throne and a round
top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions
standing beside the arms. |
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| 1 Kings 10:20 |
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Twelve lions were standing there on the six
steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other
kingdom. |
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| 1 Kings 10:21 |
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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 was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. |
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| 1 Kings 10:22 |
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For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish
with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing
gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. |
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| 1 Kings 10:23 |
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So King Solomon became greater than all the
kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. |
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| 1 Kings 10:24 |
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All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon,
to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. |
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| 1 Kings 10:25 |
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They brought every man his gift, articles of
silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by
year. |
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| 1 Kings 10:26 |
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Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen;
and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot
cities and with the king in Jerusalem. |
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| 1 Kings 10:27 |
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The king made silver as common as stones in
Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland. |
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| 1 Kings 10:28 |
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Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt
and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price. |
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| 1 Kings 10:29 |
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A chariot was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels
of silver, and a horse for 150; and by the same means they exported them to all
the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans. |
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