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She had a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and a large amount of gold and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was on her heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from Solomon which he did not explain to her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house which he had built, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, she was breathless. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>Then she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Nevertheless I did not believe their reports until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You surpass the report that I heard. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Blessed be the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the L<font size="1">ORD</font> your God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great <i>amount of</i> spices and precious stones; there had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and for the kings palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested besides <i>a return for</i> what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went to her own land with her servants.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Solomons Wealth and Power</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>besides that which the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 <i>shekels of</i> beaten gold on each large shield. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span><i>He made</i> 300 shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span><i>There were</i> six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like <i>it</i> was made for any <i>other</i> kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>All King Solomons drinking vessels <i>were</i> of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon <i>were</i> of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, so much year by year.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Now Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>The king made silver <i>as common</i> as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>And they were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.<p>       <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Death of Solomon</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font>      <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_chronicles/9-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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