The Queen of Sheba (1 Kings 10:1–13)
1 AKJV And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. BSB BSB: Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
2 AKJV And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. BSB BSB: And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.
3 AKJV And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, BSB BSB: When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
4 AKJV And the meat 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 into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. BSB BSB: the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, the attire of his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
5 AKJV And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom: BSB BSB: She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
6 AKJV However, I believed not their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: for you exceed the fame that I heard. BSB BSB: But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
7 AKJV Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom. BSB BSB: How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
8 AKJV Blessed be the LORD your God, which delighted in you to set you on his throne, to be king for the LORD your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he you king over them, to do judgment and justice. BSB BSB: Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
9 AKJV And she gave the king an 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 king Solomon. BSB BSB: Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 AKJV And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. BSB BSB: (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
11 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
12 AKJV And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, beside that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. BSB BSB: King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor (1 Kings 10:14–29)
13 AKJV Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and three score and six talents of gold; BSB BSB: The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
14 AKJV Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. BSB BSB: not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 AKJV And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. BSB BSB: King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
16 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 AKJV Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. BSB BSB: Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 AKJV 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: BSB BSB: The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
19 AKJV And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. BSB BSB: Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
20 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
21 AKJV For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. BSB BSB: For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
22 AKJV And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. BSB BSB: So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 AKJV And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. BSB BSB: All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
24 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
25 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
26 AKJV And he reigned over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. BSB BSB: He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
27 AKJV And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. BSB BSB: The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
28 AKJV And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. BSB BSB: Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
The Death of Solomon (1 Kings 11:41–43)
29 AKJV 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? BSB BSB: As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
30 AKJV And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. BSB BSB: Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
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