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⥃The Queen of Sheba [ 2 Chronicles 9:1–12 ]

[1] And when2 the queen of Sheba3 heard4 of the fame of Solomon concerning5 the name of the Lord, she came to prove him6 with hard questions.7 [2] And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train8, with camels that bare spices9, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed10 with him of all that was in her heart. [3] And Solomon told her11 all her questions12: there was not [any] thing hid from the king13, which he told her not. [4] And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s14 wisdom, and the house15 that he had built, [5] And the meat16 of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance17 of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers18, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no19 more spirit in her. [6] And she said to the king, It was a true report20 that I heard in mine own land of thy acts21 and of thy wisdom. [7] Howbeit I believed22 not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen [it]: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame23 which I heard. [8] Happy [are] thy men, happy [are] these24 thy servants, which stand continually before thee, [and] that hear thy wisdom. [9] Blessed25 be the Lord thy God, which delighted26 in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the27 Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do28 judgment and justice. [10] And she gave29 the king an hundred30 and twenty talents of gold, and of spices31 very great store, and precious32 stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. [11] And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir33, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug34 trees, and precious stones. [12] And the king made of the almug trees pillars35 for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps36 also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. [13] And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire37, whatsoever she asked, beside [that] which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty38. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

⥃Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor [ 2 Chronicles 1:14–17 † 2 Chronicles 9:13–28 ]

[14] Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred39 threescore and six talents of gold,40 [15] Beside [that he had] of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings41 of Arabia, and of the governors42 of the country.

[16] [¶]And king Solomon made two hundred43 targets [of] beaten gold: six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one target. [17] And [he made] three hundred shields [of] beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house44 of the forest of Lebanon.

[18] [¶]Moreover the king made a great throne45 of ivory46, and overlaid it with the best gold. [19] The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne [was] round behind47: and [there were] stays48 on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. [20] And twelve lions49 stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made50 in any kingdom.

[21] [¶]And all king Solomon’s drinking51 vessels [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house52 of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold; none [were of] silver53: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. [22] For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish54 with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory55, and apes56, and peacocks57. [23] So king Solomon exceeded58 all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

[24] [¶]And all the earth sought to59 Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God60 had put in his heart. [25] And they brought every man61 his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules62, a rate63 year by year.

[26] [¶]And Solomon64 gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities65 for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. [27] And the king66 made67 silver [to be] in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he [to be] as the sycomore trees that [are] in the vale, for abundance.

[28] [¶]And Solomon68 had horses brought69 out of Egypt, and linen yarn70: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price. [29] And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred71 [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings72 of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their means73.

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  1. 1Kgs 10:1, The queen of Sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon; 1Kgs 10:14, Solomon’s gold; 1Kgs 10:16, His targets; 1Kgs 10:18, The throne of ivory; 1Kgs 10:21, His vessels; 1Kgs 10:24, His presents; 1Kgs 10:26, His chariots and horse; 1Kgs 10:28, His tribute. ↩

  2. 2Chr 9:1-12; Matt 12:42; Luke 11:31 ↩

  3. Gen 10:7, Gen 10:28, Gen 25:3; Job 6:19; Ps 72:10, Ps 72:15; Isa 60:6; Jer 6:20; Ezek 27:22-23, Ezek 38:13 ↩

  4. 1Kgs 4:31, 1Kgs 4:34 ↩

  5. Job 28:28; Prov 2:3-6; John 17:3; 1Cor 1:20-21 ↩

  6. Judg 14:12-14; Ps 49:4; Prov 1:5-6; Matt 13:11, Matt 13:35; Mark 4:34 ↩

  7. am 3014, bc 990 ↩

  8. 2Kgs 5:5, 2Kgs 5:9; Isa 60:6-9; Acts 25:23 ↩

  9. Exod 25:6; 2Kgs 20:13 ↩

  10. Gen 18:33; Job 4:2; Ps 4:4; Luke 24:15 ↩

  11. 2Chr 9:2; Prov 1:5-6, Prov 13:20; Isa 42:16; Matt 13:11; John 7:17; 1Cor 1:30; Col 2:3 ↩

  12. Heb. words ↩

  13. 1Kgs 10:1, 1Kgs 3:12; 2Sam 14:17, 2Sam 14:20; Dan 2:20-23; Heb 4:12-13 ↩

  14. 1Kgs 3:28, 1Kgs 4:29-31; 2Chr 9:3-4; Eccl 12:9; Matt 12:42 ↩

  15. 1Kings 6:1-7:51 ↩

  16. 1Kgs 4:22-23 ↩

  17. Heb. standing ↩

  18. or, butlers, ascent. The original weolatho asher yaaleh baith yehowah, is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate, και την ολοκουτωσιν αυτου ην ανεφερεν εν οικω Κυριου; et holocausta, que offerebat in domo Domini, "And the burnt offerings (or holocausts) which he offered in the house of the Lord;" with which the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic agree; and so also Luther, Und feine Brandopfer, die er in dem Hause des Herrn opferte; and this seems to be the true sense of the passage. 2Kgs 16:18; 1Chr 9:18, 1Chr 26:16; 2Chr 23:13; Ezek 44:3, Ezek 46:2 ↩

  19. Josh 5:1; 2Chr 9:4 ↩

  20. Heb. word, 2Chr 9:5-6 *marg. ↩

  21. or, sayings ↩

  22. Isa 64:4; Zech 9:17; Mark 16:11; John 20:25-29; 1Cor 2:9; 1John 3:2 ↩

  23. Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame ↩

  24. 2Chr 9:7-8; Prov 3:13-14, Prov 8:34, Prov 10:21, Prov 13:20; Luke 10:39-42, Luke 11:28, Luke 11:31 ↩

  25. 1Kgs 5:7; Ps 72:17-19 ↩

  26. Ps 18:19, Ps 22:8; Isa 42:1, Isa 62:4 ↩

  27. Deut 7:8; 1Chr 17:22; 2Chr 2:11 ↩

  28. 2Sam 8:15, 2Sam 23:3; Ps 72:2; Prov 8:15-16; Isa 9:7, Isa 11:4-5, Isa 32:1-2; Jer 23:5-6; Rom 13:3-4 ↩

  29. 1Kgs 10:2, 1Kgs 9:14; Ps 72:10, Ps 72:15; Matt 2:11 ↩

  30. According to Mr. Reynolds, equal to 843,905£ 10s. 4d. sterling. ↩

  31. Gen 43:11; Exod 30:34 ↩

  32. Prov 3:13-15, Prov 20:15; Rev 21:11 ↩

  33. 1Kgs 9:27-28; 2Chr 8:18; Ps 45:9 ↩

  34. 2Chr 2:8, 2Chr 9:10-11, algum trees ↩

  35. or, rails, Heb. a prop ↩

  36. 1Chr 23:5, 1Chr 25:1-31; Ps 92:1-3, Ps 150:3-5; Rev 14:2-3 ↩

  37. 1Kgs 10:2, 1Kgs 9:1; Ps 20:4, Ps 37:4; Matt 15:28; John 14:13-14; Eph 3:20 ↩

  38. Heb. which he gave her, according to the hand of king Solomon ↩

  39. Equal to 4,683,675£ 12s. 8d. sterling; which was what he got annually in bullion. See note on 1Kgs 9:28. ↩

  40. am 2989-3029, bc 1015-975 ↩

  41. 1Chr 9:24; 2Chr 9:13-14; Ps 72:10; Isa 21:13; Gal 4:25 ↩

  42. or, captains ↩

  43. Mr. Reynolds computes that these 200 targets were worth 28,131£ 16s. 9d.; and that the 300 shields were worth 210,976£ 7s. 7d. 1Kgs 14:26-28; 2Chr 9:15-16, 2Chr 12:9-10 ↩

  44. 1Kgs 7:2 ↩

  45. 2Chr 9:17-19; Ps 45:6, Ps 110:1, Ps 122:5; Heb 1:3, Heb 1:8; Rev 20:11 ↩

  46. 1Kgs 10:22, 1Kgs 22:39; Ps 45:8; Ezek 27:6; Amos 6:4; Rev 18:12 ↩

  47. Heb. on the hinder part thereof ↩

  48. Heb. hands. 1Kgs 10:19 ↩

  49. Gen 49:9; Num 23:24, Num 24:9; Rev 5:5 ↩

  50. Heb. so made ↩

  51. 2Chr 9:20-22 ↩

  52. 1Kgs 10:17, 1Kgs 7:2 ↩

  53. or, there was no silver in them ↩

  54. 1Kgs 22:48; Gen 10:4; 2Chr 9:21, 2Chr 20:36-37; Ps 48:7, Ps 72:10; Isa 2:16; Isa 23:1, Isa 23:6, Isa 23:10, Isa 60:9, Isa 66:19; Ezek 27:12; Jonah 1:3, Tarshish ↩

  55. or, elephant's teeth, 1Kgs 10:18; Amos 3:15 ↩

  56. Kophim, rather monkeys, the same as the Greek κηφος, κηπος, or κηβος, and Roman Cephus, which animal both Pliny and Solinus inform us was brought from Ethiopia. ↩

  57. Job 39:13 ↩

  58. Mr. Reynolds, stating Solomon's income at about four times as much as his father left him, reckons that he had each year 142,242,034£. 9s. 7d., each week 2,735,423£ 14s. 9d., and each day, 390,770£ 16s. 4d. 1Kgs 3:12-13, 1Kgs 4:29-34; 2Chr 9:22-23; Ps 89:27; Eph 3:8; Col 1:18-19; Col 2:2-3 ↩

  59. Heb. the face of ↩

  60. 1Kgs 3:9, 1Kgs 3:12, 1Kgs 3:28; Prov 2:6; Dan 1:17, Dan 2:21, Dan 2:23, Dan 5:11; Jas 1:5 ↩

  61. 1Kgs 10:10; Judg 3:15; 1Sam 10:27; 2Sam 8:2, 2Sam 8:10; 2Chr 26:8; Job 42:11; Ps 72:10, Ps 72:15; Isa 36:16; Matt 2:11 ↩

  62. 1Kgs 1:33, 1Kgs 18:5; Gen 36:24; Ezra 2:66; Esth 8:10, Esth 8:14; Isa 66:20; Ezek 27:14 ↩

  63. 2Kgs 17:4; 2Chr 9:24 ↩

  64. 1Kgs 4:26; Deut 17:16; 2Chr 1:14, 2Chr 9:25; Isa 2:7 ↩

  65. 2Chr 9:25 ↩

  66. 2Chr 1:15-17, 2Chr 9:27; Job 22:24-25 ↩

  67. Heb. gave ↩

  68. etc. Heb. the going forth of the horses which was Solomon's ↩

  69. Deut 17:16; 2Chr 1:16-17, 2Chr 9:28; Isa 31:1-3, Isa 36:9 ↩

  70. Gen 41:42; Prov 7:16; Isa 19:9; Ezek 27:7 ↩

  71. This was the ordinary price of a chariot, as 150 shekels was that of a horse. It seems that neither horses nor chariots came out of Egypt but by means of Solomon's servants. ↩

  72. Josh 1:4; 2Kgs 7:6 ↩

  73. Heb. their hand, Hos 12:10; Mal 1:1 ↩