Chapter 9

And when the queen of Sheba heard¹ of the fame of Solomon, she came⁴ to prove¹⁵ Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare⁶ spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come⁴ to Solomon, she communed¹⁷ with him of all that was in her heart.

And Solomon told⁵⁵ her all her questions: and there was nothing hid⁸ from Solomon which he told⁵² her not.

And when the queen of Sheba had seen⁴ the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,¹

And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers,¹⁸ and their apparel; his cupbearers⁵⁶ also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up⁴ into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

And she said⁴ to the king, [It was] a true report which I heard¹ in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

Howbeit I believed⁵² not their words, until I came,¹ and mine eyes had seen⁴ [it]: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told⁹⁰ me: [for] thou exceedest¹ the fame that I heard.¹

Happy [are] thy men, and happy [are] these thy servants, which stand⁶ continually before thee, and hear⁶ thy wisdom.

Blessed⁷ be the LORD thy God, which delighted¹ in thee to set² thee on his throne, [to be] king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish⁵³ them for ever, therefore made⁴ he thee king over them, to do² judgment and justice.

And she gave⁴ 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 gave¹ king Solomon.

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought⁵² gold from Ophir, brought⁵² algum trees and precious stones.

And the king made⁴ [of] the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers:⁶ and there were none such seen⁸ before in the land of Judah.

And king Solomon gave¹ to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked,¹ beside [that] which she had brought⁵² unto the king. So she turned,⁴ and went away⁴ to her own land, she and her servants.

Now the weight of gold that came¹ to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

Beside [that which] chapmen ^{8446 6} and merchants⁶ brought.⁵⁶ And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought⁵⁶ gold and silver to Solomon.

And king Solomon made⁴ two hundred targets [of] beaten⁷ gold: six hundred [shekels] of beaten⁷ gold went⁵⁵ to one target.

And three hundred shields [made he of] beaten⁷ gold: three hundred [shekels] of gold went⁵⁵ to one shield. And the king put⁴ them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

Moreover the king made⁴ a great throne of ivory, and overlaid¹⁷ it with pure gold.

And [there were] six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, [which were] fastened⁹⁴ to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting² place, and two lions standing⁶ by the stays:

And twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ lions stood⁶ there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made⁸ in any kingdom.

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] pure⁷ gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any thing accounted¹² of in the days of Solomon.

For the king's ships went⁶ to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came⁴ the ships of Tarshish bringing⁶ gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

And king Solomon passed⁴ all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

And all the kings of the earth sought¹⁸ the presence of Solomon, to hear² his wisdom, that God had put¹ in his heart.

And they brought⁵⁶ every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed⁵⁵ in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

And he reigned⁶ over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

And the king made⁴ silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made¹ he as the sycomore trees that [are] in the low plains in abundance.

And they brought unto Solomon horses out⁵⁶ of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, [are] they not written⁷ 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?

And Solomon reigned⁴ in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

And Solomon slept⁴ with his fathers, and he was buried⁴ in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned⁴ in his stead.