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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Kings 10 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_kings/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_kings/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > 1 Kings 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/9.htm" title="1 Kings 9">◄</a> 1 Kings 10 <a href="../1_kings/11.htm" title="1 Kings 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch11010" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn11010" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Solomon’s Listening Heart: The Queen of Sheba.<a id="rfn11010001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11010001-1">*</a></span> <span id="v11010001" class="ver">1</span><a id="ren11010001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11010001-a">a</a> The queen of Sheba,<a id="rfn11010001-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11010001-2">*</a> having heard a report of Solomon’s fame, came to test him with subtle questions. <span id="v11010002" class="ver">2</span>She arrived in Jerusalem with a very numerous retinue, and with camels bearing spices, a large amount of gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and spoke to him about everything that she had on her mind. <span id="v11010003" class="ver">3</span>King Solomon explained everything she asked about, and there was nothing so obscure that the king could not explain it to her. <span id="v11010004" class="ver">4</span>When the queen of Sheba witnessed Solomon’s great wisdom, the house he had built, <span id="v11010005" class="ver">5</span>the food at his table, the seating of his ministers, the attendance and dress of his waiters, his servers, and the burnt offerings he offered in the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, it took her breath away. <span id="v11010006" class="ver">6</span>“The report I heard in my country about your deeds and your wisdom is true,” she told the king. <span id="v11010007" class="ver">7</span>“I did not believe the report until I came and saw with my own eyes that not even the half had been told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report I heard. <span id="v11010008" class="ver">8</span>Happy are your servants, happy these ministers of yours, who stand before you always and listen to your wisdom. <span id="v11010009" class="ver">9</span>Blessed be the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, who has been pleased to place you on the throne of Israel. In his enduring love for Israel, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has made you king to carry out judgment and justice.” <span id="v11010010" class="ver">10</span>Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty gold talents, a very large quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again did anyone bring such an abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.</p> <p><span id="v11010011" class="ver">11</span>Hiram’s fleet, which used to bring gold from Ophir, also brought from there a very large quantity of almug<a id="rfn11010011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11010011-1">*</a> wood and precious stones. <span id="v11010012" class="ver">12</span>With this wood the king made supports for the house of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> and for the house of the king, and harps and lyres for the singers. Never again was any such almug wood brought or seen to the present day.</p> <p><span id="v11010013" class="ver">13</span>King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she desired and asked for, besides what King Solomon gave her from Solomon’s royal bounty. Then she returned with her servants to her own country.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Solomon’s Riches: Domestic Affairs.<a id="rfn11010014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11010014-1">*</a></span> <span id="v11010014" class="ver">14</span><a id="ren11010014-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11010014-b">b</a> The gold that came to Solomon in one year weighed six hundred and sixty-six gold talents, <span id="v11010015" class="ver">15</span>in addition to what came from the tolls on travelers, from the traffic of merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country. <span id="v11010016" class="ver">16</span><a id="ren11010016-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11010016-c">c</a> King Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold (six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield) <span id="v11010017" class="ver">17</span>and three hundred bucklers of beaten gold (three minas of gold went into each buckler); and the king put them in the house of the Forest of Lebanon. <span id="v11010018" class="ver">18</span>The king made a large ivory throne, and overlaid it with refined gold. <span id="v11010019" class="ver">19</span>The throne had six steps, a back with a round top, and an arm on each side of the seat, with two lions standing next to the arms, <span id="v11010020" class="ver">20</span>and twelve other lions standing there on the steps, two to a step, one on either side of each step. Nothing like this was made in any other kingdom. <span id="v11010021" class="ver">21</span>All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the utensils in the house of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, for in Solomon’s time silver was reckoned as nothing. <span id="v11010022" class="ver">22</span>For the king had a fleet of Tarshish ships<a id="rfn11010022-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11010022-1">*</a> at sea with Hiram’s fleet. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish ships would come with a cargo of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Solomon’s Renown.</span> <span id="v11010023" class="ver">23</span>Thus King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. <span id="v11010024" class="ver">24</span>And the whole world sought audience with Solomon, to hear the wisdom God had put into his heart. <span id="v11010025" class="ver">25</span>They all brought their yearly tribute: vessels of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules—what was due each year.</p> <p class="psec"><span class="hemb">Solomon’s Riches: Chariots and Horses.</span> <span id="v11010026" class="ver">26</span><a id="ren11010026-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11010026-d">d</a> Solomon amassed chariots and horses; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses; these he allocated among the chariot cities and to the king’s service in Jerusalem. <span id="v11010027" class="ver">27</span><a id="ren11010027-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11010027-e">e</a> The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as numerous as the sycamores of the Shephelah. <span id="v11010028" class="ver">28</span>Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia, where the king’s merchants purchased them. <span id="v11010029" class="ver">29</span>A chariot imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, a horse one hundred and fifty shekels; they were exported at these rates to all the Hittite and Aramean kings.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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