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there was no more spirit in her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Howbeit, I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore he made thee king, to do judgment and justice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great quantity, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor have they been seen to this day.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.</p> <a name="14" id="14"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon's Riches<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_chronicles/1.htm#14">2 Chronicles 1:14-17</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Besides what he had of the merchants, and of the traffic of the spice-merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Solomon collected chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars he made to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Solomon had horses brought from Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></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="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_kings/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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