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his cup-bearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of thy acts, and of thy wisdom: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Yet, I believed not their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told to me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore he made thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.</p> <p class="hdg">Solomon's Wealth and Splendor</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Besides that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-17.htm"><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="/2_chronicles/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting-place, and two lions standing by the stays: <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-19.htm"><b>19</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="/2_chronicles/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once every three years came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And king Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And he reigned over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees he made as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they brought to Solomon horses from Egypt, and from all lands.</p> <a name="29" id="29"></a><p class="hdg">The Death of Solomon<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../1_kings/11.htm#41">1 Kings 11:41-43</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.</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="../2_chronicles/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 10" /></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/2_chronicles/9-1.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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>