Verse-Reference
Reference-Verse
Abbreviate Books
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 1Ki 10:1 |
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 questions. |
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1Ki 10:2 |
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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1Ki 10:3 |
Solomon [fn]answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from the king which he did not [fn]explain to her. |
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1Ki 10:4 |
When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, |
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1Ki 10:5 |
the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and [fn]his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her. |
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1Ki 10:6 |
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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1Ki 10:7 |
"Nevertheless I did not believe the [fn]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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1Ki 10:8 |
"How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. |
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1Ki 10:9 |
"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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1Ki 10:10 |
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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1Ki 10:11 |
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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1Ki 10:12 |
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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1Ki 10:13 |
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested, besides what he gave her according to [fn]his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land [fn]together with her servants. |
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1Ki 10:14 |
Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, |
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1Ki 10:15 |
besides that from the traders and the [fn]wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country. |
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1Ki 10:16 |
King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. |
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1Ki 10:17 |
He made 300 shields of beaten gold, [fn]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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1Ki 10:18 |
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. |
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1Ki 10:19 |
There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the [fn]arms. |
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1Ki 10:20 |
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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1Ki 10:21 |
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 [fn]valuable in the days of Solomon. |
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1Ki 10:22 |
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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1Ki 10:23 |
So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. |
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1Ki 10:24 |
All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. |
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1Ki 10:25 |
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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1Ki 10:26 |
Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he [fn]stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. |
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1Ki 10:27 |
The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the [fn]lowland. |
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1Ki 10:28 |
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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1Ki 10:29 |
A chariot [fn]was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and [fn]by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans. |
NASB Footnotes:
- (10:3) Literally: told her all her words
- (10:3) Literally: tell her
- (10:5) Or, his burnt offering which he offered
- (10:7) Literally: words
- (10:13) Literally: the hand of King Solomon
- (10:13) Literally: she and
- (10:15) Or, traffic
- (10:16) Literally: he brought up
- (10:17) Literally: he brought up
- (10:19) Literally: hands
- (10:19) Literally: on this side and on this at the place of the seat
- (10:21) Literally: anything
- (10:26) So with ancient versions; Heb led
- (10:27) Hebrew: Shephelah
- (10:29) Literally: came up and went out from
- (10:29) Literally: in like manner by their hand
