1 GLT And the queen of Sheba heard the report of Solomon, and she came to test Solomon with difficult questions in Jerusalem with very great wealth and camels carrying spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stone. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about 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 GLT And Solomon declared to her all her matters; and a matter was not concealed from Solomon which he did not declare to her. BSB BSB: And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.
3 GLT And the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he built, BSB BSB: When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
4 GLT and the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the standing of his ministers and their attire, and his cupbearers and their attire, and his burnt offering that he brought up to the house of Yahweh, and there was not still breath 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 GLT And she said to the king,“True was the word that I heard in my land concerning your words and concerning 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 GLT But I did not believe their words until when I came, and my eyes saw. And behold, it was not told to me half of the greatness of your wisdom you have added on to the report 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 GLT How blessed are your men! And how blessed are these servants of yours, who are standing before you continually and are hearing 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 GLT Let Yahweh your God be blessed, who delighted in you to place you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God, because your God loved Israel to establish them forever. And he has placed you over them to be king, to do justice and righteousness!” 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 GLT And she gave to the king 120 talents of gold and spices in great abundance and precious stone. And there was not like that spice which the queen of Sheba gave to 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 GLT And also the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stone. BSB BSB: (The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
11 GLT And the king made the algum wood into staircases for the house of Yahweh and for the house of the king, and lyres and harps for the singers. And there was not seen like them 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 GLT And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she asked besides that which she brought to the king. And she turned and went to her 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.
13 GLT And the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, BSB BSB: The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
14 GLT besides from the traveling men and the traders who brought in; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land were bringing 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 GLT And King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 of beaten gold he brought up for one large shield. BSB BSB: King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
16 GLT And 300 shields of beaten gold; 300 gold he brought up for one shield. And the king placed 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 GLT And 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 GLT And six steps to the throne, and a footstool with gold to the throne was fastened. And hands from this and from this on the place of the seat and two lions standing beside the hands. 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 GLT And 12 lions were standing there on six steps, from this and from this; it had not been done thus for 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 GLT And all the vessels of drink of King Solomon were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were refined gold. Nothing of silver; it was not thought in the days of Solomon for anything. 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 GLT For the ships belonging to the king went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come carrying gold and silver, ivories, and apes and baboons. 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 GLT And King Solomon became greater than 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 GLT And all the kings of the earth were seeking the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God placed 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 GLT And they were bringing each his gift, items of silver and items of gold, and garments, armor, and spices, and horses and mules, a matter of 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 GLT And there were to Solomon 4, 000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12, 000 horsemen; and he placed them in chariot cities and with the king in 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 GLT And it happened he was ruling over all the kings from the River and until the land of the Philistines, and until 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 GLT And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he made as sycamore trees that were in the lowlands, in abundance. BSB BSB: The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
28 GLT And they were bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon and from all the lands. BSB BSB: Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
29 GLT And the remainder of the matters of Solomon, the first things and the last things, are they not written in the words 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? 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 GLT And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel 40 years. BSB BSB: Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 GLT And Solomon lied down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam, his son, reigned in his place. 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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