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1 Kings 10 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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The Queen of Sheba

(2Ch 9:1–28 )
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - and she cometh to Jerusalem, with a very great company, camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stone, and she cometh unto Solomon, and speaketh unto him all that hath been with her heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:3 - And Solomon declareth to her all her matters -- there hath not been a thing hid from the king that he hath not declared to her.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - And the queen of Sheba seeth all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he built,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - And she saith unto the king, 'True hath been the word that I heard in my land, concerning thy matters and thy wisdom;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - and I gave no credence to the words till that I have come, and my eyes see, and lo, it was not declared to me -- the half; thou hast added wisdom and goodness unto the report that I heard.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:8 - O the happiness of thy men, O the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, who are hearing thy wisdom!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Jehovah thy God is blessed who delighted in thee, to put thee on the throne of Israel; in Jehovah's loving Israel to the age He doth set thee for king, to do judgment and righteousness.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices very many, and precious stone; there came not like that spice any more for abundance that the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:11 - And also, the navy of Hiram that bore gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir almug-trees very many, and precious stone;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - and the king maketh the almug-trees a support for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; there have not come such almug-trees, nor have there been seen such unto this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which he gave to her as a memorial of king Solomon, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.

Wealth, Splendor and Wisdom

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - And the weight of the gold that hath come to Solomon in one year is six hundred sixty and six talents of gold,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - apart from that of the tourists, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold -- six hundred of gold go up on the one target;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - and three hundred shields of alloyed gold -- three pounds of gold go up on the one shield; and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with refined gold;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - six steps hath the throne, and a round top is to the throne behind it, and hands are on this side and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps, on this side and on that; it hath not been made so for any kingdom.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon are of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon are of refined gold -- there are none of silver; it was not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - for a navy of Tarshish hath the king at sea with a navy of Hiram; once in three years cometh the navy of Tarshish, bearing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:23 - And king Solomon is greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - and all the earth is seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God hath put into his heart,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25 - and they are bringing each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, the matter of a year in a year.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - And Solomon gathereth chariots, and horsemen, and he hath a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placeth them in the cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as the sycamores that are in the low country, for abundance.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath is from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - and a chariot cometh up and cometh out of Egypt for six hundred silverlings, and a horse for fifty and a hundred, and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Aram; by their hand they bring out.
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The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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