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1. When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.
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1. And when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 heard H8085 of H853 the fame H8088 of Solomon H8010 concerning the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , she came H935 to prove H5254 him with hard questions H2420 .
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2. She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.
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2. And she came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 with a very H3966 great H3515 train H2428 , with camels H1581 that bore H5375 spices H1314 , and very H3966 much H7227 gold H2091 , and precious H3368 stones H68 : and when she was come H935 to H413 Solomon H8010 , she communed H1696 with H413 him of H853 all H3605 that H834 was H1961 in H5973 her heart H3824 .
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3. Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.
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3. And Solomon H8010 told H5046 her H853 all H3605 her questions H1697 : there was H1961 not H3808 any thing H1697 hid H5956 from H4480 the king H4428 , which H834 he told H5046 her not H3808 .
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4. When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon's extensive wisdom, the palace he had built,
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4. And when the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 had seen H7200 H853 all H3605 Solomon H8010 's wisdom H2451 , and the house H1004 that H834 he had built H1129 ,
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5. the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants, their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the LORD's temple, she was amazed.
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5. 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 H4945 , and his ascent H5930 by which H834 he went up H5927 unto the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 ; there was H1961 no H3808 more H5750 spirit H7307 in her.
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6. She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!
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6. And she said H559 to H413 the king H4428 , It was H1961 a true H571 report H1697 that H834 I heard H8085 in mine own land H776 of H5921 thy acts H1697 and of H5921 thy wisdom H2451 .
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7. I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn't hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me.
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7. Howbeit I believed H539 not H3808 the words H1697 , until H5704 H834 I came H935 , and mine eyes H5869 had seen H7200 it : and, behold H2009 , the half H2677 was not H3808 told H5046 me : thy wisdom H2451 and prosperity H2896 exceedeth H3254 H413 the fame H8052 which H834 I heard H8085 .
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8. Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!
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8. Happy H835 are thy men H376 , happy H835 are these H428 thy servants H5650 , which stand H5975 continually H8548 before H6440 thee, and that hear H8085 H853 thy wisdom H2451 .
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9. May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions."
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9. Blessed H1288 be H1961 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 , which H834 delighted H2654 in thee , to set H5414 thee on H5921 the throne H3678 of Israel H3478 : because the LORD H3068 loved H157 H853 Israel H3478 forever H5769 , therefore made H7760 he thee king H4428 , to do H6213 judgment H4941 and justice H6666 .
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10. She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.
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10. And she gave H5414 the king H4428 a hundred H3967 and twenty H6242 talents H3603 of gold H2091 , and of spices H1314 very H3966 great store H7235 , and precious H3368 stones H68 : there came H935 no H3808 more H5750 such H1931 abundance H7230 of spices H1314 as these which H834 the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 gave H5414 to king H4428 Solomon H8010 .
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11. (Hiram's fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.
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11. And the navy H590 also H1571 of Hiram H2438 , that H834 brought H5375 gold H2091 from Ophir H4480 H211 , brought in H935 from Ophir H4480 H211 great H3966 plenty H7235 of almug H484 trees H6086 , and precious H3368 stones H68 .
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12. With the timber the king made supports for the LORD's temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.)
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12. And the king H4428 made H6213 of H853 the almug H484 trees H6086 pillars H4552 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and for the king H4428 's house H1004 , harps H3658 also and psalteries H5035 for singers H7891 : there came H935 no H3808 such H3651 almug H484 trees H6086 , nor H3808 were seen H7200 unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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13. King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.
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13. And king H4428 Solomon H8010 gave H5414 unto the queen H4436 of Sheba H7614 H853 all H3605 her desire H2656 , whatsoever H834 she asked H7592 , beside H4480 H905 that which H834 Solomon H8010 gave H5414 her of his royal bounty H3027 H4428 . So she turned H6437 and went H1980 to her own country H776 , she H1931 and her servants H5650 .
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14. Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,
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14. Now the weight H4948 of gold H2091 that H834 came H935 to Solomon H8010 in one H259 year H8141 was H1961 six H8337 hundred H3967 threescore H8346 and six H8337 talents H3603 of gold H2091 ,
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15. besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.
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15. Beside H905 that he had of the merchantmen H4480 H376 H8446 , and of the traffic H4536 of the spice merchants H7402 , and of all H3605 the kings H4428 of Arabia H6154 , and of the governors H6346 of the country H776 .
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16. King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield.
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16. 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 H5921 one H259 target H6793 .
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17. He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.
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17. And he made three H7969 hundred H3967 shields H4043 of beaten H7820 gold H2091 ; three H7969 pound H4488 of gold H2091 went H5927 to H5921 one 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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18. The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
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18. 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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19. There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.
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19. The throne H3678 had six H8337 steps H4609 , and the top H7218 of the throne H3678 was round H5696 behind H4480 H310 : and there were stays H3027 on either side H4480 H2088 H4480 H2088 on H413 the place H4725 of the seat H7675 , and two H8147 lions H738 stood H5975 beside H681 the stays H3027 .
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20. There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.
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20. And twelve H8147 H6240 lions H738 stood H5975 there H8033 on H5921 the one side H4480 H2088 and on the other H4480 H2088 upon the six H8337 steps H4609 : there was not H3808 the like H3651 made H6213 in any H3605 kingdom H4467 .
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21. All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time.
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21. And all H3605 king H4428 Solomon H8010 's 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 H5462 gold H2091 ; none H369 were of silver H3701 : it was nothing H3808 H3972 accounted H2803 of in the days H3117 of Solomon H8010 .
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22. Along with Hiram's fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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22. For H3588 the king H4428 had at sea H3220 a navy H590 of Tharshish H8659 with H5973 the navy H590 of Hiram H2438 : once H259 in three H7969 years H8141 came H935 the navy H590 of Tharshish H8659 , bringing H5375 gold H2091 , and silver H3701 , ivory H8143 , and apes H6971 , and peacocks H8500 .
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23. King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.
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23. So king H4428 Solomon H8010 exceeded all H1431 H4480 H3605 the kings H4428 of the earth H776 for riches H6239 and for wisdom H2451 .
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24. Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.
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24. And all H3605 the earth H776 sought H1245 H853 to H6440 Solomon H8010 , to hear H8085 H853 his wisdom H2451 , which H834 God H430 had put H5414 in his heart H3820 .
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25. Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.
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25. And they H1992 brought H935 every man H376 his present H4503 , vessels H3627 of silver H3701 , and vessels H3627 of gold H2091 , and garments H8008 , and armor H5402 , and spices H1314 , horses H5483 , and mules H6505 , a rate H1697 year H8141 by year H8141 .
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26. Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.
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26. And Solomon H8010 gathered together H622 chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 : and he had H1961 a thousand H505 and four H702 hundred H3967 chariots H7393 , and twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 horsemen H6571 , whom he bestowed H5148 in the cities H5892 for chariots H7393 , and with H5973 the king H4428 at Jerusalem H3389 .
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27. The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.
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27. And the king H4428 made H5414 H853 silver H3701 to be in Jerusalem H3389 as stones H68 , and cedars H730 made H5414 he to be as the sycamore trees H8256 that H834 are in the vale H8219 , for abundance H7230 .
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28. Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king's traders purchased them from Que.
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28. And Solomon H8010 had horses H5483 brought H4161 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 , and linen yarn H4480 H4723 : the king H4428 's merchants H5503 received H3947 the linen yarn H4480 H4723 at a price H4242 .
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29. They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.
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29. And a chariot H4818 came up H5927 and went out H3318 of Egypt H4480 H4714 for six H8337 hundred H3967 shekels of silver H3701 , and a horse H5483 for a hundred H3967 and fifty H2572 : and so H3651 for all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Hittites H2850 , and for the kings H4428 of Syria H758 , did they bring them out H3318 by their means H3027 .
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