1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah , she came to prove him with hard questions . 2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train , with camels that bare spices , and very much gold , and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon , she communed with him of all that was in her heart . 3And Solomon told her all her questions : there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not . 4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon , and the house that he had built , 5and the food of his table , and the sitting of his servants , and the attendance of his ministers , and their apparel , and his cupbearers , and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah ; there was no more spirit in her . 6And she said to the king , It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts , and of thy wisdom . 7Howbeit I believed not the words , until I came , and mine eyes had seen it : and , behold , the half was not told me ; thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard . 8Happy are thy men , happy are these thy servants , that stand continually before thee , and that hear thy wisdom . 9Blessed be Jehovah thy God , who delighted in thee , to set thee on the throne of Israel : because Jehovah loved Israel for ever , therefore made he thee king , to do justice and righteousness . 10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold , and of spices very great store , and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon . 11And the navy also of Hiram , that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones. 12And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of Jehovah , and for the king ’s house , harps also and psalteries for the singers : there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen , unto this day . 13And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire , whatsoever she asked , besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty . So she turned , and went to her own land, she and her servants .
Solomon's Wealth and Wisdom
14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold , 15besides that which the traders brought , and the traffic of the merchants , and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country. 16And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold ; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler . 17And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold ; three pounds of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon . 18Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory , and overlaid it with the finest gold . 19There were six steps to the throne , and the top of the throne was round behind ; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat , and two lions standing beside the stays . 20And 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 . 21And 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 : none were of silver ; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon . 22For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram : once every three years came the navy of Tarshish , bringing gold , and silver , ivory , and apes , and peacocks . 23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom . 24And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon , to hear his wisdom , which God had put in his heart . 25And they brought every man his tribute , vessels of silver , and vessels of gold , and raiment , and armor , and spices , horses , and mules , a rate year by year . 26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen , that he bestowed in the chariot cities , and with the king at Jerusalem . 27And 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 . 28And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt ; and the king ’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price . 29And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver , and a horse for a hundred and fifty ; and so for all the kings of the Hittites , and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means .