And when the queen <H4436> of Sheba <H7614> heard <H8085> of the fame <H8088> of Solomon <H8010> concerning the name <H8034> of the LORD, <H3068> she came <H0935> to prove <H5254> him with hard questions. <H2420>
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And she came <H0935> to Jerusalem <H3389> with a very <H3966> great <H3515> train, <H2428> with camels <H1581> that bare <H5375> spices, <H1314> and very <H3966> much <H7227> gold, <H2091> and precious <H3368> stones: <H0068> and when she was come <H0935> 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> there was not [any] thing <H1697> hid <H5956> from the king, <H4428> which he told <H5046> her not.
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And when the queen <H4436> of Sheba <H7614> had seen <H7200> all Solomon's <H8010> wisdom, <H2451> 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> and his cupbearers, <H8248> and his ascent <H5930> by which he went up <H5927> unto the house <H1004> of the LORD; <H3068> there was no more spirit <H7307> in her.
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And she said <H0559> to the king, <H4428> It was a true <H0571> report <H1697> that I heard <H8085> in mine own land <H0776> of thy acts <H1697> and of thy wisdom. <H2451>
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Howbeit I believed <H0539> not the words, <H1697> until I came, <H0935> and mine eyes <H5869> had seen <H7200> [it]: and, behold, the half <H2677> was not told <H5046> me: thy wisdom <H2451> and prosperity <H2896> exceedeth <H3254> the fame <H8052> which I heard. <H8085>
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Happy <H0835> [are] thy men, <H0582> happy <H0835> [are] these thy servants, <H5650> which stand <H5975> continually <H8548> before <H6440> thee, [and] that hear <H8085> thy wisdom. <H2451>
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Blessed <H1288> be the LORD <H3068> thy God, <H0430> which delighted <H2654> in thee, to set <H5414> thee on the throne <H3678> of Israel: <H3478> because the LORD <H3068> loved <H0160> Israel <H3478> for ever, <H5769> therefore made <H7760> he thee king, <H4428> 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> very <H3966> great store, <H7235> and precious <H3368> stones: <H0068> there came <H0935> no more such <H1931> abundance <H7230> of spices <H1314> as these which the queen <H4436> of Sheba <H7614> gave <H5414> to king <H4428> Solomon. <H8010>
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And the navy <H0590> also of Hiram, <H2438> that brought <H5375> gold <H2091> from Ophir, <H0211> brought in <H0935> from Ophir <H0211> great <H3966> plenty <H7235> of almug <H0484> trees, <H6086> and precious <H3368> stones. <H0068>
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And the king <H4428> made <H6213> of the almug <H0484> trees <H6086> pillars <H4552> for the house <H1004> of the LORD, <H3068> and for the king's <H4428> house, <H1004> harps <H3658> also and psalteries <H5035> for singers: <H7891> there came <H0935> no such almug <H0484> trees, <H6086> nor were seen <H7200> unto this day. <H3117>
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And king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> gave <H5414> unto the queen <H4436> of Sheba <H7614> all her desire, <H2656> whatsoever she asked, <H7592> beside [that] which Solomon <H8010> gave <H5414> her of his royal <H4428> bounty. <H3027> So she turned <H6437> and went <H3212> to her own country, <H0776> she and her servants. <H5650>
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Now the weight <H4948> of gold <H2091> that came <H0935> to Solomon <H8010> in one <H0259> year <H8141> was six <H8337> hundred <H3967> threescore <H8346> and six <H8337> talents <H3603> of gold, <H2091>
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Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, <H0582> <H8446> and of the traffick <H4536> of the spice merchants, <H7402> and of all the kings <H4428> of Arabia, <H6153> and of the governors <H6346> of the country. <H0776>
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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 gold <H2091> went <H5927> to one <H0259> target. <H6793>
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And [he made] three <H7969> hundred <H3967> shields <H4043> [of] beaten <H7820> gold; <H2091> three <H7969> pound <H4488> of gold <H2091> went <H5927> to one <H0259> 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 the best <H6338> gold. <H2091>
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The throne <H3678> had six <H8337> steps, <H4609> and the top <H7218> of the throne <H3678> [was] round <H5696> behind: <H0310> and [there were] stays <H3027> on either side on the place <H4725> of the seat, <H7675> and two <H8147> lions <H0738> stood <H5975> beside <H0681> the stays. <H3027>
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And twelve <H8147> <H6240> lions <H0738> stood <H5975> there on the one side and on the other upon the six <H8337> steps: <H4609> there was not the like <H3651> made <H6213> in any kingdom. <H4467>
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And all king <H4428> Solomon's <H8010> drinking <H4945> vessels <H3627> [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 <H0369> [were of] silver: <H3701> it was nothing <H3808> <H3972> accounted <H2803> of in the days <H3117> of Solomon. <H8010>
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For the king <H4428> had at sea <H3220> a navy <H0590> of Tharshish <H8659> with the navy <H0590> of Hiram: <H2438> once <H0259> in three <H7969> years <H8141> came <H0935> the navy <H0590> of Tharshish, <H8659> bringing <H5375> gold, <H2091> and silver, <H3701> ivory, <H8143> and apes, <H6971> and peacocks. <H8500>
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So king <H4428> Solomon <H8010> exceeded <H1431> all the kings <H4428> of the earth <H0776> for riches <H6239> and for wisdom. <H2451>
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And all the earth <H0776> sought <H1245> to <H6440> Solomon, <H8010> to hear <H8085> his wisdom, <H2451> which God <H0430> had put <H5414> in his heart. <H3820>
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And they brought <H0935> every man <H0376> his present, <H4503> vessels <H3627> of silver, <H3701> and vessels <H3627> of gold, <H2091> and garments, <H8008> and armour, <H5402> and spices, <H1314> horses, <H5483> and mules, <H6505> a rate <H1697> year <H8141> by year. <H8141>
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And Solomon <H8010> gathered <H0622> together chariots <H7393> and horsemen: <H6571> and he had a thousand <H0505> and four <H0702> hundred <H3967> chariots, <H7393> and twelve <H8147> <H6240> thousand <H0505> horsemen, <H6571> whom he bestowed <H5148> in the cities <H5892> for chariots, <H7393> and with the king <H4428> at Jerusalem. <H3389>
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And the king <H4428> made <H5414> silver <H3701> [to be] in Jerusalem <H3389> as stones, <H0068> and cedars <H0730> made <H5414> he [to be] as the sycomore trees <H8256> that [are] in the vale, <H8219> for abundance. <H7230>
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And Solomon <H8010> had horses <H5483> brought out <H4161> of Egypt, <H4714> and linen yarn: <H4723> the king's <H4428> merchants <H5503> received <H3947> the linen yarn <H4723> at a price. <H4242>
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And a chariot <H4818> came up <H5927> and went out <H3318> of Egypt <H4714> for six <H8337> hundred <H3967> [shekels] of silver, <H3701> and an horse <H5483> for an hundred <H3967> and fifty: <H2572> and so for all the kings <H4428> of the Hittites, <H2850> and for the kings <H4428> of Syria, <H0758> did they bring [them] out <H3318> by their means. <H3027>