II Chronicles Chapter 9

II Chronicles Chapter 9
1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of
the fame of Solomon, she came to prove
Solomon with hard questions at
Jerusalem, with a very great train, and
camels that bear sweet odors and much
gold, and precious stones: and when she
came to Solomon, she communed with
him of all that was in her heart. 2 And
Solomon declared her all her questions,
and there was nothing hid from Solomon,
which he declared not unto her.
3 Then the queen of Sheba saw the
wisdom of Solomon, and the house that
he had built,
4 And the meat of his table, and the
sitting of his servants, and the order of
his waiters, and their apparel, and his
butlers, and their apparel, and his burnt
offerings which he offered in the house
of the Lord, and she was greatly
astonied.
5 And she said to the king, It was a true
word which I heard in mine own land of
thy sayings, and of thy wisdom:
6 Howbeit I believed not their report,
until I came, and mine eyes had seen it:
and behold, the one half of thy great
wisdom was not told me: for thou
exceedest the fame that I heard.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are
these thy servants, which stand before
thee alway, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which
loved thee, to set thee on his throne as
king, in the stead of the Lord thy God:
because thy God loveth Israel, to
establish it forever, therefore hath he
made thee king over them, to execute
judgment and justice.
9 Then she gave the king sixscore talents
of gold, and of sweet odors exceeding
much and precious stones: neither was
there such sweet odors since, as the
queen of Sheba gave unto king Solomon.
10 And the servants also of Huram, and
the servants of Solomon which brought
gold from Ophir, brought Algummim
wood and precious stones. 11 And the
king made of the Algummim wood stairs
in the house of the Lord, and in the king's
house, and harps and viols for singers:
and there was no such seen before in the
land of Judah.
12 And king Solomon gave to the queen
of Sheba every pleasant thing that she
asked, besides for that which she had
brought unto the king: so she returned
and went to her own country, both she,
and her servants. 13 Also the weight of
gold that came to Solomon in one year,
was six hundred threescore and six
talents of gold,
14 Besides that which chapmen and
merchants brought: and all the kings of
Arabia, and the princes of the country
brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15
And king Solomon made two hundred
targets of beaten gold, and six hundred
shekels of beaten gold went to one
target,
16 And three hundred shields of beaten
gold: three hundred shekels of gold went
to one shield, and the king put them in
the house of the wood of Lebanon.
17 And the king made a great throne of
ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 18
And the throne had six steps, with a
footstool of gold fastened to the throne,
and stays on either side on the place of
the seat, and two lions standing by the
stays.
19 And twelve lions stood there on the
six steps on either side: there was not
the like made in any kingdom.
20 And all king Solomon's drinking
vessels were of gold, and all the vessels
of the house of the wood of Lebanon
were of pure gold: for silver was
nothing esteemed in the days of
Solomon.
21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish
with the servants of Huram, every three
year once came the ships of Tarshish,
and brought gold, and silver, ivory, and
apes, and peacocks.
22 So king Solomon excelled all the
kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 And all the kings of the earth sought
the presence of Solomon, to hear his
wisdom that God had put in his heart.
24 And they brought every man his
present, vessels of silver, and vessels of
gold, and raiment, armor, and sweet
odors, horses, and mules, from year to
year.
25 And Solomon had four thousand
stalls of horses, and chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed
in the chariot cities, and with the king at
Jerusalem.
26 And he reigned over all the kings
from the river even unto the land of the
Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27 And the king gave silver in
Jerusalem, as stones, and gave cedar
trees as the wild fig trees, that are
abundant in the plain.
28 And they brought unto Solomon
horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29 Concerning the rest of the acts of
Solomon first and last, are they not
written in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah
the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo
the seer against Jeroboam the son of
Nebat?
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem
over all Israel forty years. 31 And
Solomon slept with his fathers, and they
buried him in the city of David his
father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in
his stead.