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. Compare verse1 commentary
2 And 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 communed with him of all that was in her heart. Compare verse1 commentary
3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. Compare verse
4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, Compare verse1 commentary
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 to the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. Compare verse1 commentary
6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom. Compare verse2 commentaries
7 However, I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: your wisdom and prosperity exceeds the fame which I heard. Compare verse2 commentaries
8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom. Compare verse2 commentaries
9 Blessed be the LORD your God, which delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he you king, to do judgment and justice. Compare verse
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. Compare verse1 commentary
11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. Compare verse
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 to this day. Compare verse
13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever 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. Compare verse
14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred three score and six talents of gold, Compare verse
15 Beside that he had of the merchants, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. Compare verse
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. Compare verse
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. Compare verse
18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. Compare verse
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. Compare verse
20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. Compare verse
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. Compare verse
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. Compare verse
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. Compare verse
24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. Compare verse
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. Compare verse
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. Compare verse
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. Compare verse1 commentary
28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. Compare verse
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. Compare verse