1And 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 train , and camels that bare 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 . 2And Solomon told her all her questions ; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he told her not . 3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon , and the house that he had built , 4and the food 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 unto the house of Jehovah ; there was no more spirit in her . 5And she said to the king , It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts , and of thy wisdom . 6Howbeit I believed not their words , until I came , and mine eyes had seen it ; and , behold , the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me : thou exceedest the fame that I heard . 7Happy are thy men , and happy are these thy servants , that stand continually before thee , and hear thy wisdom . 8Blessed be Jehovah thy God , who delighted in thee , to set thee on his throne , to be king for Jehovah thy God : because thy God loved Israel , to establish them for ever , therefore made he thee king over them , to do justice and righteousness . 9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold , and spices in great abundance , and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon . 10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon , that brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious stones. 11And the king made of the algum-trees terraces for the house of Jehovah , and for the king ’s house , and harps and psalteries for the singers : and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah . 12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire , whatsoever she asked , besides that which she had brought unto the king . So she turned , and went to her own land, she and her servants .
Solomon's Wealth and Splendor
13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold , 14besides that which the traders and merchants brought : and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon . 15And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold ; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler . 16And he made three hundred shields 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 . 17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory , and overlaid it with pure gold . 18And there were six steps to the throne , with a footstool of gold , which were fastened to the throne , and stays on either side by the place of the seat , and two lions standing beside the stays . 19And 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 . 20And 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 : silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon . 21For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram ; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish , bringing gold , and silver , ivory , and apes , and peacocks . 22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom . 23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon , to hear his wisdom , which God had put in his heart . 24And they brought every man his tribute , vessels of silver , and vessels of gold , and raiment , armor , and spices , horses , and mules , a rate year by year . 25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots , and twelve thousand horsemen , that he bestowed in the chariot cities , and with the king at Jerusalem . 26And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines , and to the border of Egypt . 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 they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt , and out of all lands.
The End of Solomon's Reign
29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon , first and last, are they not written in the history 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 ? 30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years . 31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father : and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead .