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Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>How blessed are your men!<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again was such an abundance of spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> wood and precious stones. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen to this day.) <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants. <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../2_chronicles/1.htm#14">2 Chronicles 1:14–17</a>; <a href ="../2_chronicles/9.htm#13">2 Chronicles 9:13–28</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> went into each shield. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid 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 had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing 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 the king had the ships of Tarshish<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules. <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Solomon accumulated<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">k</a></span> <A name="29"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">l</a></span> the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">m</a></span> and a horse for a hundred and fifty.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">n</a></span> Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate <i>your wives</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>120 talents</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 4.52 tons or 4.1 metric tons of gold.<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>Almug</i><span class="thin"> </span> is probably a variant of <i>algum</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 12; see <a href="../2_chronicles/2.htm#8">2 Chronicles 2:8</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>666 talents</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 25.1 tons or 22.8 metric tons of gold.<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>600 shekels</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of gold.<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <i>3 minas</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 3.77 pounds or 1.71 kilograms of gold; possibly a reference to double minas, that is, approximately 7.54 pounds or 3.42 kilograms.<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>a fleet of trading ships</i><span class="thin"> </span>; twice in this verse<br><span class="fnverse">22</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Or <i>baboons</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Literally <i>Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> Or <i>horsemen</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>charioteers</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> <span class="footnotesbot">k</span> Hebrew <i>Shephelah</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>lowlands</i><span class="thin"> </span>; that is, the western foothills of Judea<br><span class="fnverse">28</span> <span class="footnotesbot">l</span> Probably an area in Cilicia, a province in the southeast of Asia Minor<br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">m</span> <i>600 shekels</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of silver.<br><span class="fnverse">29</span> <span class="footnotesbot">n</span> <i>150 shekels</i><span class="thin"> </span> is approximately 3.8 pounds or 1.7 kilograms of silver.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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