OTNT

1 Kings 10


10:1 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.

10:2 Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan–with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones–she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind.

10:3 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.

10:4 When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built,

10:5 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.

10:6 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true.

10:7 But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.

10:8 How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!

10:9 Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’S eternal love for Israel, he has made you king, to maintain justice and righteousness.”

10:10 And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10:11 (Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir; and from there they brought great cargoes of almugwood and precious stones.

10:12 The king used the almugwood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almugwood has never been imported or seen since that day.)

10:13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.

10:14 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,

10:15 not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the land.

10:16 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred bekas of gold went into each shield.

10:17 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

10:18 Then the king made a great throne inlaid with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.

10:19 The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.

10:20 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.

10:21 All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s days.

10:22 The king had a fleet of trading ships at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.

10:23 King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.

10:24 The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

10:25 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift–articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.

10:26 Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

10:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.

10:28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue–the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

10:29 They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

10:1 And the queen of Sheba had heard of Solomon s fame in connection with the name of Jehovah, and she came to test him with hard questions.

10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels bearing spices and with very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she spoke all that was on her heart to him.

10:3 And Solomon answered every matter of hers; there was nothing hidden from the king that he did not answer her.

10:4 And when the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he had built

10:5 And the food of his table and the seating of his servants and the service and apparel of his ministers and his cupbearers and his burnt offerings that he offered up at the house of Jehovah, there was no more spirit in her.

10:6 And she said to the king, The word that I heard in my land concerning your deeds and your wisdom is true,

10:7 But I did not believe the words until I came and my own eyes saw. And indeed the half was not told to me; your wisdom and prosperity far exceed the report that I heard.

10:8 Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants, who attend you continually and hear your wisdom!

10:9 Blessed be Jehovah your God, who has delighted in you and set you upon the throne of Israel. Because Jehovah loves Israel forever, He has made you king to execute justice and righteousness.

10:10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great store of spices and some precious stones; never again did so great an abundance of spices come as that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10:11 Moreover Hiram s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, brought a great many almug trees and precious stones.

10:12 And the king made of the almug trees a banister for the house of Jehovah and for the king s house, and lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come nor have been seen again to this day.

10:13 And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked for, besides that which King Solomon gave her from his bounty. And she returned and went to her own land, she and her servants.

10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

10:15 Besides that which came through the traders and through the traffic of the merchants and through all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land.

10:16 And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; he put six hundred shekels of gold upon each large shield.

10:17 And he made three hundred smaller shields of beaten gold; he put three minas of gold upon each smaller shield. And the king put them in the Lebanon Forest House.

10:18 And the king made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with the finest gold.

10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was rounded at its back; and there were armrests on either side next to the place of the seat, and two lions stood next to the armrests.

10:20 And twelve lions stood there upon the six steps on either side. Nothing like it had ever been made in any kingdom.

10:21 And all King Solomon s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the Lebanon Forest House were of pure gold; none were of silver, which was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.

10:22 For the king had at sea a fleet from Tarshish as well as Hiram s fleet. Once every three years the fleet from Tarshish came bearing gold and silver and ivory and apes and peacocks.

10:23 And King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

10:24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

10:25 And they each brought their tribute, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes and weapons and spices, horses and mules, so much year by year.

10:26 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen together; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

10:27 And the king caused silver to be as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem; and cedars, like the sycamores that are in the lowlands.

10:28 And the horses that Solomon had came from Egypt and from Kue; the king s traders bought them from Kue at a fixed price.

10:29 A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver and a horse for a hundred and fifty shekels, and thus they brought them out to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria by their own means.