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1 Kings 10 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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and <i>there came</i> camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And Solomon answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cup-bearers, and his whole-burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And she said to king Solomon, <i>It was</i> a true report which I heard in my land of thy words and thy wisdom. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Blessed <i>are</i> thy wives, blessed <i>are</i> these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish <i>him</i> for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the king made the hewn timber <i>into</i> buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.<p> <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the <i>country</i> beyond <i>the river</i>, and of the princess of the land. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And three hundred shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The throne <i>had</i> six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the side-pieces, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any <i>other</i> kingdom. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And all the vessels made by Solomon <i>were</i> of gold, and the lavers <i>were</i> golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram: one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, <i>laden with</i> gold and silver, and wrought stones, and hewn stones.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord <i>had</i> put into his heart. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem: <font color=blue>(10:26A)</font> and he ruled over all the kings from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen <i>was</i> also out of Egypt, and the king's merchants <i>were</i> of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up <i>thus, even</i> a chariot for a hundred <i>shekels</i> of silver, and a horse for fifty <i>shekels</i> of silver: and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they came out by sea.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>