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chapter 9
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And
when the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to try him with
hard questions at Jerusalem, with great riches, and camels, which carried
spices, and abundance of gold, and precious stones. And when she was come to
Solomon, she proposed to him all that was in her heart.
2 And Solomon explained to her all that she proposed:
and there was not any thing that he did not make clear unto her.
3 And when she had seen these things, to wit, the
wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,
4 And the meats of his table, and the dwelling places
of his servants, and the attendance of his officers, and their apparel, his
cupbearers also, and their garments, and the victims which he offered in the
house of the Lord: there was no more spirit in her, she was so astonished.
5 And she add to the king: The word is true which I
heard in my country of thy virtues and wisdom.
6 I did not believe them that told it, until I came,
and my eyes had seen, and I had proved that scarce one half of thy wisdom had
been told me: thou hast exceeded the same with thy virtues.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are thy servants, who
stand always before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath been pleased to
set thee on his throne, king of the Lord thy God. Because God loveth Israel,
and will preserve them for ever: therefore hath he made thee king over them, to
do judgment and justice.
9 And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents
of gold, and spices in great abundance, and most precious stones: there were no
such spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
10 And the servants also of Hiram, with the servants of
Solomon, brought gold from Ophir, and thyine trees, and most precious stones:
11 And the king made of the thyine trees stairs in the
house of the Lord, and in the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the
singing men: never were there seen such trees in the land of Juda.
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that
she desired, and that she asked, and many more things than she brought to him:
so she returned, and went to her own country with her servants.
13 And the weight of the gold, that was brought to Solomon
every year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold:
14 Beside the sum which the deputies of divers nations,
and the merchants were accustomed to bring, and all the kings of Arabia, and
the lords of the lands, who I brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of
the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear:
16 And three hundred golden shields of three hundred
pieces of gold, which went to the covering of every shield: and the king put
them in the armoury, which was compassed with a wood.
17 The king also made a great throne of ivory, and
overlaid it with pure gold.
18 And six steps to go up to the throne, and a
footstool of gold, and two arms one on either side, and two lions standing by
the arms:
19 Moreover twelve other little lions standing upon the
steps on both sides: there was not such a throne in any kingdom.
20 And all the vessels of the king's table were of
gold, and the vessels of the house of the forest of Libanus were of the purest
gold. For no account was made of silver in those days.
21 For the king's ships went to Tharsis with the
servants of Hiram, once in three years: and they brought thence gold and
silver, and ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the
earth for riches and glory.
23 And all the kings of the earth desired to see the
face of Solomon, that they might hear the wisdom which God had given in his
heart.
24 And every year they brought him presents, vessels of
silver and of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, and horses, and
mules.
25 And Solomon had forty thousand horses in the
stables, and twelve thousand chariots, and horsemen, and he placed them in the
cities of the chariots, and where the king was in Jerusalem.
26 And he exercised authority over all the kings from
the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of
Egypt.
27 And he made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as
stones: and cedars as common as the sycamores, which grow in the plains.
28 And horses were brought to him out of Egypt, and out
of all countries.
29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last
are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the boobs of Ahias the
Silonite, and in the vision of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam the son of
Nabat.
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
forty years.
31 And he slept d with his fathers: and they buried him
in the city of David: and Roboam his son reigned in his stead
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