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1 Kings 10 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Queen of Sheba

(2Ch 9:1–28 )

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Now when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 about the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010 in relation to the name H8034 of the LORD H3068, she came H935 to test H5254 him with riddles H2420.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - So she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 with a very H3966 large H3515 entourage H2428, with camels H1581 carrying H5375 balsam H1314 oil H1314 and a very H3966 large H7227 quantity of gold H2091 and precious H3368 stones H68. When she came H935 to Solomon H8010, she spoke H1696 to him about everything H3605 that was in her heart H3824.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:3 - And Solomon H8010 [fn]answered H5046 all H3605 her questions H1697; nothing H3808 H1697 was concealed H5956 from the king H4428 which H834 he did not explain H5046 to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - When the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 saw H7200 all H3605 the wisdom H2451 of Solomon H8010, and the house H1004 that he had built H1129,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - and the food H3978 of his table H7979, the seating H4186 of his servants H5650, the service H4612 of his waiters H8334 and their attire H4403, his cupbearers H4945, and his burnt H5930 offerings H5930 which H834 he offered H5927 at the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, [fn]she was breathless H3808 H5750 H7307.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - Then she said H559 to the king H4428, “It was a true H571 [fn]story H1697 that I heard H8085 in my own land H776 about H5921 your words H1697 and your wisdom H2451.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - “But I did not believe H539 the [fn]stories H1697 until H5704 H834 I came H935 and my own eyes H5869 saw H7200 it all. And behold H2009, the half H2677 of it was not reported H5046 to me. You have exceeded H3254 in wisdom H2451 and prosperity H2896 the report H8052 which H834 I heard H8085.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:8 - “Blessed H835 are your men H376, and 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 Box1Ki 10:9 - “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068 your God H430 who H834 delighted H2654 in you to put H5414 you on the throne H3678 of Israel H3478; because the LORD H3068 loves H157 Israel H3478 forever H5769, He made H7760 you king H4428, to do H6213 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - Then she gave H5414 the king H4428 [fn]120 H3967 H6242 talents H3603 of gold H2091, and a very H3966 large H7235 amount of balsam H1314 oil H1314 and precious H3368 stones H68. Never H3808 again H5750 did such H1931 a large H7230 quantity H7230 of balsam H1314 oil H1314 come H935 in H935 as that which H834 the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 gave H5414 King H4428 Solomon H8010.

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And the ships H590 of Hiram H2438 as H1571 well H1571, which H834 brought H5375 gold H2091 from Ophir H211, brought H935 in H935 from Ophir H211 a very H3966 great H7235 number of almug H484 trees H6086 and precious H3368 stones H68.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - The king H4428 made H6213 from the almug H484 trees H6086 supports H4552 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and for the king’s H4428 house H1004, and lyres H3658 and harps H5035 for the singers H7891; such H3651 almug H484 trees H6086 have not come H935 in H935 again, nor H3808 have they been seen H7200 to this H2088 day H3117.

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And King H4428 Solomon H8010 granted H5414 the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 everything H3605 she desired H2656, whatever H834 she requested H7592, besides H4480 H905 what H834 he gave H5414 her in proportion to [fn]his royal H4428 bounty H3027. Then she [fn]departed H6437 and went H1980 to her own land H776 [fn]together with her servants H5650.

Wealth, Splendor, and Wisdom

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Now the weight H4948 of gold H2091 that 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 1Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - besides H905 H4480 that from the traders H376 H8446, and the [fn]wares H4536 of the merchants H7402 and all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Arabs H6152 and the governors H6346 of the country H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - 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 gold H2091 on each H259 large H6793 shield H6793.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - And he made three H7969 hundred H3967 small shields H4043 of beaten H7819 gold H2091, [fn]using H5927 [fn]three H7969 minas H4488 of gold H2091 on each H259 shield H4043; and the king H4428 put H5414 them in the house H1004 of the timber H3293 of Lebanon H3844.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - Moreover, the king H4428 made H6213 a large H1419 throne H3678 of ivory H8127 and overlaid H6823 it with fine H6338 gold H2091.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - There were six H8337 steps H4609 to the throne H3678 and a round H5696 top H7218 to the throne H3678 at its back H310, and [fn]armrests H3027 [fn]on each H2088 side H2088 of the seat H4725 H7675, and two H8147 lions H738 standing H5975 beside H681 the [fn]armrests H3027.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - 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 [fn]any H3605 other kingdom H4467.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - Now all H3605 King H4428 Solomon’s H8010 drinking H4945 utensils H3627 were of gold H2091, and all H3605 the utensils H3627 of the house H1004 of the timber H3293 of Lebanon H3844 were of pure H5458 gold H2091. None H369 was of silver H3701; it was not considered H2803 as amounting to anything H3972 in the days H3117 of Solomon H8010.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king H4428 had the ships H590 of Tarshish H8659 at sea H3220 with Hiram’s H2438 ships H590; once H259 every three H7969 years H8141 the ships H590 of Tarshish H8659 would come H935 carrying H5375 gold H2091 and silver H3701, ivory H8143, monkeys H6971, and peacocks H8500.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:23

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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 1Ki 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - And all H3605 the earth H776 was seeking H1245 the [fn]attention 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 1Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25 - And they were bringing H935, everyone H376, [fn]a 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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Now Solomon H8010 gathered H622 chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571; and he had H1961 1,400 H505 H702 H3967 chariots H7393 and twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 horsemen H6571, and he [fn]stationed H5117 them in the chariot H7393 cities H5892 and with the king H4428 in Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - 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 1Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - Also Solomon’s H8010 import H4161 of horses H5483 was from Egypt H4714 and Kue H4723, and the king’s H4428 merchants H5503 acquired H3947 them from Kue H4723 for a price H4242.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - A chariot H4818 [fn]was imported H5927 H3318 from Egypt H4714 for six H8337 hundred H3967 shekels of silver H3701, and a horse H5483 for 150 H2572 H3967; and [fn]by the same H3651 means H3027 they exported H3318 them to all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Hittites H2850 and to the kings H4428 of the Arameans H758.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit told her all her words
Lit there was no more breath in her
Lit word
Lit words
About 4.5 tons or 4 metric tons
Lit the hand of King Solomon
Lit turned around
Lit she and her
About 25 tons or 23 metric tons
Or traffic
Lit he brought up
Lit he brought up
About 3.8 lb. or 1.7 kg
Lit hands
Lit from this and from this at the place of the seat
Lit hands
Lit all kingdoms
Lit face
Lit his gift
As in ancient versions; MT led
Heb Shephelah
Lit came up and went out from
Lit in the same way by their hand
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1 Kings Chapter 10 — Additional Translations:

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