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2 Chronicles 9 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Visit of the Queen of Sheba

(1Ki 10:1–13 )

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010, she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 to test H5254 Solomon H8010 with riddles H2420. She had a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a large H7230 amount H7230 of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68; and when she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 with him about everything H3605 that was on her heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:2 - Solomon H8010 [fn]answered H5046 all H3605 her questions H1697; nothing H3808 H1697 was hidden H5956 from Solomon H8010 which H834 he did not [fn]explain H5046 to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:3 - When the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 had seen H7200 the wisdom H2451 of Solomon H8010, the house H1004 which H834 he had built H1129,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - the food H3978 at his table H7979, the seating H4186 of his servants H5650, the attendance H4612 of his ministers H8334 and their attire H4403, his cupbearers H4945 and their attire H4403, and [fn]his stairway H5930 by which H834 he went H5927 up H5927 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, she was breathless H3808 H7307.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - Then she said H559 to the king H4428, “It was a true H571 [fn]story H1697 that H834 I heard H8085 in my own land H776 about H5921 your words H1697 and your wisdom H2451.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - “But I did not believe H539 their [fn]stories H1697 until H5704 H834 I came H935 and my own eyes H5869 saw H7200 it all. And behold H2009, not even half H2677 of the greatness H4768 of your wisdom H2451 was reported H5046 to me. You have surpassed H3254 the report H8052 that I heard H8085.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:7 - “How [fn]blessed H835 are your men H376, how [fn]blessed H835 are these H428 servants H5650 of yours, who stand H5975 before H6440 you continually H8548 and hear H8085 your wisdom H2451!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 your God H430 who H834 delighted H2654 in you, setting H5414 you on His throne H3678 as king H4428 for the LORD H3068 your God H430; because your God H430 loved H157 Israel H3478, establishing H5975 them forever H5769, He made H5414 you king H4428 over H5921 them, to carry H6213 out H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave H5414 the king H4428 [fn]120 H3967 H6242 talents H3603 of gold H2091 and a very H3966 great H7230 amount of balsam H1314 oil H1314 and precious H3368 stones H68; there had H1961 never H3808 been H1961 balsam H1314 oil H1314 like that which H834 the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 gave H5414 King H4428 Solomon H8010.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:10

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The servants H5650 of Huram H2361 and the servants H5650 of Solomon H8010 who H834 brought H935 gold H2091 from Ophir H211, also H1571 brought H935 algum H418 trees H6086 and precious H3368 stones H68.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - From the algum H418 trees H418 the king H4428 made H6213 steps H4546 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and for the king’s H4428 palace H1004, and lyres H3658 and harps H5035 for the singers H7891; and nothing H3808 like them was seen H7200 before H6440 in the land H776 of Judah H3063.

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King H4428 Solomon H8010 gave H5414 the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 her every H3605 desire H2656, whatever H834 she requested H7592, besides H4480 H905 gifts equal to what H834 she had brought H935 to the king H4428. Then she turned H2015 and went H1980 to her own land H776 with her servants H5650.

Solomon’s Wealth and Power

(1Ki 10:14–29; 2Ch 1:14–17 )

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Now the weight H4948 of gold H2091 that H834 came H935 to Solomon H8010 in one H259 year H8141 was [fn]666 H8337 H3967 H8346 talents H3603 of gold H2091,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides H905 H4480 what the traders H376 H8446 and merchants H5503 brought H935; and all H3605 the kings H4428 of Arabia H6152 and the governors H6346 of the country H776 brought H935 gold H2091 and silver H3701 to Solomon H8010.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - King H4428 Solomon H8010 made H6213 two H3967 hundred H3967 large H6793 shields H6793 of beaten H7819 gold H2091, [fn]using H5927 six H8337 hundred H3967 shekels of beaten H7819 gold H2091 on each H259 large H6793 shield H6793.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - He made three H7969 hundred H3967 shields H4043 of beaten H7819 gold H2091, [fn]using H5927 three H7969 hundred H3967 shekels of gold H2091 on each 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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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:17

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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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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - There were six H8337 steps H4609 to the throne H3678 and a footstool H3534 in gold H2091 attached H270 to the throne H3678, and [fn]arms H3027 [fn]on each H2088 side H2088 of the seat H4725 H7675, and two H8147 lions H738 standing H5975 beside H681 the [fn]arms H3027.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - Twelve H8147 H6240 lions H738 were standing H5975 there H8033 on the six H8337 steps H4609 on the one H2088 side H2088 and on the other H2088; nothing H3808 like H3651 it was made H6213 for any H3605 other kingdom H4467.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All H3605 King H4428 Solomon’s H8010 drinking H4945 vessels H3627 were of gold H2091, and all H3605 the vessels H3627 of the house H1004 of the forest H3293 of Lebanon H3844 were of pure H5458 gold H2091; silver H3701 was not considered H2803 [fn]valuable H3972 in the days H3117 of Solomon H8010.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - For the king H4428 had ships H591 which went H1980 to Tarshish H8659 with the servants H5650 of Huram H2361; once H259 every three H7969 years H8141 the ships H591 of Tarshish H8659 came H935 bringing H5375 gold H2091 and silver H3701, ivory H8143, apes H6971, and peacocks H8500.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:22 -

So King H4428 Solomon H8010 became H1431 greater H1431 than H4480 all H3605 the kings H4428 of the earth H776 in wealth H6239 and wisdom H2451.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - And all H3605 the kings H4428 of the earth H776 were seeking H1245 the presence H6440 of Solomon H8010, to hear H8085 his wisdom H2451 which H834 God H430 had put H5414 in his heart H3820.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:24 - They were bringing H935, each H376 of them his gift H4503: articles H3627 of silver H3701 and gold H2091, garments H8008, weapons H5402, balsam H1314 oil H1314, horses H5483, and mules H6505, so H1697 much H1697 year H8141 by year H8141.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:25

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Now Solomon H8010 had H1961 four H702 thousand H505 stalls H723 for horses H5483 and chariots H4818 and twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 horsemen H6571, and he stationed H5117 them in the chariot H7393 cities H5892 and with the king H4428 in Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - He was ruler H4910 over all H3605 the kings H4428 from the Euphrates River H5104 to the land H776 of the Philistines H6430, and as far H5704 as the border H1366 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - And the king H4428 made H5414 silver H3701 as common as stones H68 in Jerusalem H3389, and he made H5414 cedars H730 as plentiful H7230 as sycamore H8256 trees H8256 that are in the [fn]lowland H8219.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:28 - And they were bringing H3318 horses H5483 for Solomon H8010 from Egypt H4714 and from all H3605 countries H776.
(1Ki 11:41–43 )

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 -

Now the rest H7605 of the acts H1697 of Solomon H8010, from the first H7223 to the last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, in the prophecy H5016 of Ahijah H281 the Shilonite H7888, and in the visions H2378 of [fn]Iddo H3260 the seer H2374 concerning H5921 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - Solomon H8010 reigned H4427 in Jerusalem H3389 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478 for forty H705 years H8141.

Death of Solomon

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - And Solomon H8010 [fn]lay H7901 down H7901 with his fathers H1 and was buried H6912 in the city H5892 of his father H1 David H1732; and his son H1121 Rehoboam H7346 reigned H4427 in H8478 his place H8478.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit told her all her words
Lit tell
Or his burnt offering which he offered
Lit word
Lit words
Or happy
Or happy
About 4.5 tons or 4 metric tons
About 25 tons or 23 metric tons
Lit he brought up
Lit he brought up
Lit hands
Lit from this and from this at the place of the seat
Lit hands
Lit anything
Heb shephelah
Lit words
Heb Jedo
I.e., died
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