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And when the queen[H4436] of Sheba[H7614]heard[H8085] of the fame[H8088] of Solomon[H8010] concerning the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068], she came[H935] to prove[H5254] him with hard questions[H2420].
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And she came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389] with a very[H3966]great[H3515]train[H2428], with camels[H1581] that bare[H5375]spices[H1314], and very[H3966]much[H7227]gold[H2091], and precious[H3368]stones[H68]: and when she was come[H935] to Solomon[H8010], she communed[H1696] with him of all that was in her heart[H3824].
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And Solomon[H8010]told[H5046] her all her questions[H1697]: there was not any thing[H1697]hid[H5956] from the king[H4428], which he told[H5046] her not.
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And when the queen[H4436] of Sheba[H7614] had seen[H7200] all Solomon's wisdom[H2451], and the house[H1004] that he had built[H1129],
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And the meat[H3978] of his table[H7979], and the sitting[H4186] of his servants[H5650], and the attendance[H4612] of his ministers[H8334], and their apparel[H4403], and his cupbearers[H8248], and his ascent[H5930] by which he went up[H5927] unto the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]; there was no more spirit[H7307] in her.
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And she said[H559] to the king[H4428], It was a true[H571]report[H1697] that I heard[H8085] in mine own land[H776] of thy acts[H1697] and of thy wisdom[H2451].
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Howbeit I believed[H539] not the words[H1697], until I came[H935], and mine eyes[H5869] had seen[H7200] it: and, behold, the half[H2677] was not told[H5046] me: thy wisdom[H2451] and prosperity[H2896]exceedeth[H3254] the fame[H8052] which I heard[H8085].
8Happy[H835] are thy men[H582], happy[H835] are these thy servants[H5650], which stand[H5975]continually[H8548]before[H6440] thee, and that hear[H8085] thy wisdom[H2451].
9Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], which delighted[H2654] in thee, to set[H5414] thee on the throne[H3678] of Israel[H3478]: because the LORD[H3068]loved[H160]Israel[H3478] for ever[H5769], therefore made[H7760] he thee king[H4428], to do[H6213]judgment[H4941] and justice[H6666].
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And she gave[H5414] the king[H4428] an hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242]talents[H3603] of gold[H2091], and of spices[H1314]very[H3966] great store[H7235], and precious[H3368]stones[H68]: there came[H935] no more such[H1931]abundance[H7230] of spices[H1314] as these which the queen[H4436] of Sheba[H7614]gave[H5414] to king[H4428]Solomon[H8010].
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And the navy[H590] also of Hiram[H2438], that brought[H5375]gold[H2091] from Ophir[H211], brought[H5375]in[H935] from Ophir[H211]great[H3966]plenty[H7235] of almug[H484]trees[H6086], and precious[H3368]stones[H68].
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And the king[H4428]made[H6213] of the almug[H484]trees[H6086]pillars[H4552] for the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and for the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], harps[H3658] also and psalteries[H5035] for singers[H7891]: there came[H935] no such almug[H484]trees[H6086], nor were seen[H7200] unto this day[H3117].
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And king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]gave[H5414] unto the queen[H4436] of Sheba[H7614] all her desire[H2656], whatsoever she asked[H7592], beside that which Solomon[H8010]gave[H5414] her of his royal[H4428]bounty[H3027]. So she turned[H6437] and went[H3212] to her own country[H776], she and her servants[H5650].
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Now the weight[H4948] of gold[H2091] that came[H935] to Solomon[H8010] in one[H259]year[H8141] was six[H8337]hundred[H3967]threescore[H8346] and six[H8337]talents[H3603] of gold[H2091],
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Beside that he had of the merchantmen[H582], and of the traffick[H4536] of the spice merchants[H7402], and of all the kings[H4428] of Arabia[H6153], and of the governors[H6346] of the country[H776].
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And king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]made[H6213] two hundred[H3967]targets[H6793] of beaten[H7820]gold[H2091]: six[H8337]hundred[H3967] shekels of gold[H2091]went[H5927] to one[H259]target[H6793].
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And he made three[H7969]hundred[H3967]shields[H4043] of beaten[H7820]gold[H2091]; three[H7969]pound[H4488] of gold[H2091]went[H5927] to one[H259]shield[H4043]: and the king[H4428]put[H5414] them in the house[H1004] of the forest[H3293] of Lebanon[H3844].
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Moreover the king[H4428]made[H6213] a great[H1419]throne[H3678] of ivory[H8127], and overlaid[H6823] it with the best[H6338]gold[H2091].
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The throne[H3678] had six[H8337]steps[H4609], and the top[H7218] of the throne[H3678] was round[H5696]behind[H310]: and there were stays[H3027] on either side on the place[H4725] of the seat[H7675], and two[H8147]lions[H738]stood[H5975]beside[H681] the stays[H3027].
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And twelve[H8147]lions[H738]stood[H5975] there on the one side and on the other upon the six[H8337]steps[H4609]: there was not the like[H3651]made[H6213] in any kingdom[H4467].
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And all king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]'s drinking[H4945]vessels[H3627] were of gold[H2091], and all the vessels[H3627] of the house[H1004] of the forest[H3293] of Lebanon[H3844] were of pure[H5462]gold[H2091]; none were of silver[H3701]: it was nothing[H3972]accounted[H2803] of in the days[H3117] of Solomon[H8010].
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For the king[H4428] had at sea[H3220] a navy[H590] of Tharshish[H8659] with the navy[H590] of Hiram[H2438]: once[H259] in three[H7969]years[H8141]came[H935] the navy[H590] of Tharshish[H8659], bringing[H5375]gold[H2091], and silver[H3701], ivory[H8143], and apes[H6971], and peacocks[H8500].
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So king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]exceeded[H1431] all the kings[H4428] of the earth[H776] for riches[H6239] and for wisdom[H2451].
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And all the earth[H776]sought[H1245]to[H6440]Solomon[H8010], to[H6440]hear[H8085] his wisdom[H2451], which God[H430] had put[H5414] in his heart[H3820].
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And they brought[H935] every man[H376] his present[H4503], vessels[H3627] of silver[H3701], and vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091], and garments[H8008], and armour[H5402], and spices[H1314], horses[H5483], and mules[H6505], a rate[H1697]year[H8141] by year[H8141].
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And Solomon[H8010] gathered together[H622]chariots[H7393] and horsemen[H6571]: and he had a thousand[H505] and four[H702]hundred[H3967]chariots[H7393], and twelve[H8147]thousand[H505]horsemen[H6571], whom he bestowed[H5148] in the cities[H5892] for chariots[H7393], and with the king[H4428] at Jerusalem[H3389].
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And the king[H4428]made[H5414]silver[H3701] to be in Jerusalem[H3389] as stones[H68], and cedars[H730]made[H5414] he to be as the sycomore trees[H8256] that are in the vale[H8219], for abundance[H7230].
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And Solomon[H8010] had horses[H5483]brought[H4161] out of Egypt[H4714], and linen yarn[H4723]: the king's merchants[H5503]received[H3947] the linen yarn[H4723] at a price[H4242].
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And a chariot[H4818] came up[H5927] and went out[H3318] of Egypt[H4714] for six[H8337]hundred[H3967] shekels of silver[H3701], and an horse[H5483] for an hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572]: and so for all the kings[H4428] of the Hittites[H2850], and for the kings[H4428] of Syria[H758], did they bring them out[H3318] by their means[H3027].