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Arriving with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, as well as the palace he had built, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or and the ascent by which he went up to">a</a></sup></span> the temple of the <span class="name">Lord</span>, she was overwhelmed.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Praise be to the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the <span class="name">Lord</span> your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then she gave the king 120 talents <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons">b</a></sup></span> of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>(The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon brought gold from Ophir; they also brought algumwood <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probably a variant of almugwood">c</a></sup></span> and precious stones. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the <span class="name">Lord</span> and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Solomon’s Splendor</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons">d</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms">e</a></sup></span> of hammered gold went into each shield. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms">f</a></sup></span> of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with pure gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The king had a fleet of trading ships <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew of ships that could go to Tarshish">g</a></sup></span> manned by Hiram’s <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiram">h</a></sup></span> servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or charioteers">i</a></sup></span> which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all other countries.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Solomon’s Death</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>As for the other events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>and the ascent by which he went up to</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">Probably a variant of <i>almugwood</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>of ships that could go to Tarshish</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Huram,</i> a variant of <i>Hiram</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>charioteers</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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