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and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he told her not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; 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 that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: 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, that 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 Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness. <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 spices in 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, that 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 for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the 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, whatsoever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went 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 threescore and six talents of gold, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-14.htm"><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="/2_chronicles/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred'shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And he made three hundred shields 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>nd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside 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 king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing 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 had ships that 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>So king Solomon exceeded 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, which 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 tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, 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, that 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 ruled over all the kings from the River even unto 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 to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of 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 history 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="/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">American Standard Version, 1901<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>