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And when the queen[H4436] of Sheba[H7614]heard[H8085] of the fame[H8088] of Solomon[H8010], she came[H935] to prove[H5254]Solomon[H8010] with hard questions[H2420] at Jerusalem[H3389], with a very[H3966]great[H3515]company[H2428], and camels[H1581] that bare[H5375]spices[H1314], and gold[H2091] in abundance[H7230], 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]: and there was nothing hid[H5956] from Solomon[H8010] which he told[H5046] her not.
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And when the queen[H4436] of Sheba[H7614] had seen[H7200] the wisdom[H2451] of Solomon[H8010], 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]; his cupbearers[H8248] also, and their apparel[H4403]; and his ascent[H5944] by which he went up[H5927] into 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] which I heard[H8085] in mine own land[H776] of thine acts[H1697], and of thy wisdom[H2451]:
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Howbeit I believed[H539] not their words[H1697], until I came[H935], and mine eyes[H5869] had seen[H7200] it: and, behold, the one half[H2677] of the greatness[H4768] of thy wisdom[H2451] was not told[H5046] me: for thou exceedest[H3254] the fame[H8052] that I heard[H8085].
7Happy[H835] are thy men[H582], and happy[H835] are these thy servants[H5650], which stand[H5975]continually[H8548]before[H6440] thee, and hear[H8085] thy wisdom[H2451].
8Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430], which delighted[H2654] in thee to set[H5414] thee on his throne[H3678], to be king[H4428] for the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]: because thy God[H430]loved[H160]Israel[H3478], to establish[H5975] them for ever[H5769], therefore made[H5414] he thee king[H4428] over them, 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]great[H3966]abundance[H7230], and precious[H3368]stones[H68]: neither was there any such spice[H1314] as the queen[H4436] of Sheba[H7614]gave[H5414]king[H4428]Solomon[H8010].
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And the servants[H5650] also of Huram[H2361], and the servants[H5650] of Solomon[H8010], which brought[H935]gold[H2091] from Ophir[H211], brought[H935]algum[H418]trees[H6086] and precious[H3368]stones[H68].
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And the king[H4428]made[H6213] of the algum[H418]trees[H6086]terraces[H4546] to the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and to the king[H4428]'s palace[H1004], and harps[H3658] and psalteries[H5035] for singers[H7891]: and there were none such[H1992]seen[H7200]before[H6440] in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063].
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And king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]gave[H5414] to the queen[H4436] of Sheba[H7614] all her desire[H2656], whatsoever she asked[H7592], beside that which she had brought[H935] unto the king[H4428]. So she turned[H2015], and went away[H3212] to her own land[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] and threescore[H8346] and six[H8337]talents[H3603] of gold[H2091];
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Beside that which chapmen[H582] and merchants[H5503]brought[H935]. And all the kings[H4428] of Arabia[H6152] and governors[H6346] of the country[H776]brought[H935]gold[H2091] and silver[H3701] to Solomon[H8010].
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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 beaten[H7820]gold[H2091]went[H5927] to one[H259]target[H6793].
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And three[H7969]hundred[H3967]shields[H4043] made he of beaten[H7820]gold[H2091]: three[H7969]hundred[H3967] shekels 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 pure[H2889]gold[H2091].
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And there were six[H8337]steps[H4609] to the throne[H3678], with a footstool[H3534] of gold[H2091], which were fastened[H270] to the throne[H3678], and stays[H3027] on each side of the sitting[H3427]place[H4725], and two[H8147]lions[H738]standing[H5975]by[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 made[H6213] in any kingdom[H4467].
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And all the drinking[H4945]vessels[H3627] of king[H4428]Solomon[H8010] 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 not any[H3972] thing accounted[H2803] of in the days[H3117] of Solomon[H8010].
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For the king's ships[H591]went[H1980] to Tarshish[H8659] with the servants[H5650] of Huram[H2361]: every three[H7969]years[H8141]once[H259]came[H935] the ships[H591] of Tarshish[H8659]bringing[H5375]gold[H2091], and silver[H3701], ivory[H8143], and apes[H6971], and peacocks[H8500].
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And king[H4428]Solomon[H8010]passed[H1431] all the kings[H4428] of the earth[H776] in riches[H6239] and wisdom[H2451].
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And all the kings[H4428] of the earth[H776]sought[H1245] the presence[H6440] of Solomon[H8010], to hear[H8085] his wisdom[H2451], that 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 raiment[H8008], harness[H5402], and spices[H1314], horses[H5483], and mules[H6505], a rate[H1697]year[H8141] by year[H8141].
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And Solomon[H8010] had four[H702]thousand[H505]stalls[H723] for horses[H5483] and chariots[H4818], and twelve[H8147]thousand[H505]horsemen[H6571]; whom he bestowed[H3240] in the chariot[H7393]cities[H5892], and with the king[H4428] at Jerusalem[H3389].
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And he reigned[H4910] over all the kings[H4428] from the river[H5104] even unto the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430], and to the border[H1366] of Egypt[H4714].
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And the king[H4428]made[H5414]silver[H3701] in Jerusalem[H3389] as stones[H68], and cedar trees[H730]made[H5414] he as the sycomore trees[H8256] that are in the low plains[H8219] in abundance[H7230].
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And they brought[H3318] unto Solomon[H8010]horses[H5483] out of Egypt[H4714], and out of all lands[H776].
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Now the rest[H7605] of the acts[H1697] of Solomon[H8010], first[H7223] and last[H314], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H1697] of Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], and in the prophecy[H5016] of Ahijah[H281] the Shilonite[H7888], and in the visions[H2378] of Iddo[H3260] the seer[H2374] against Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat?[H5028]
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And Solomon[H8010]reigned[H4427] in Jerusalem[H3389] over all Israel[H3478]forty[H705]years[H8141].
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And Solomon[H8010]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1], and he was buried[H6912] in the city[H5892] of David[H1732] his father[H1]: and Rehoboam[H7346] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.