2Ch 9 | ABEn | STEP | And the queen of Sheba heard the name Solomon, and she came to test him with enigmas, unto Jerusalem, with [ 3 force 2 heavy 1 an exceedingly], and camels carrying aromatics, and gold in multitude, and [ 2 stone 1 valuable]. And she came to Solomon, and she spoke to him all as much as was in her soul.

2 Chronicles 9

CHAPTER 9 The Queen of Sheba Tests Solomon

1 And the queen of Sheba heard the name Solomon, and she came to test him with enigmas, unto Jerusalem, with [³force ²heavy ¹an exceedingly], and camels carrying aromatics, and gold in multitude, and [²stone ¹valuable]. And she came to Solomon, and she spoke to him all as much as was in her soul. 2 And [²announced ³to her ¹Solomon] all her words, and not [²went by ¹a word] from Solomon which he did not report to her. 3 And [³beheld ¹the queen ²of Sheba] the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built, 4 and the foods of his tables, and the form of his servants, and the station of his ministers, and their garments, and his wine servers, and their uniform, and the whole burnt-offerings which he offered in the house of the lord; and there was no [²in ³her ⁴any longer ¹breath]. 5 And she said to the king, [³is true ¹The ²word] which I heard in my land concerning your words, and concerning your wisdom. 6 And I did not trust in the words until of which time I came and beheld with my eyes. And behold, [³was not reported ⁴to me ¹the ²half] of the magnitude of your wisdom being added over the hearing which I heard. 7 Blessed are your men, blessed are [²your servants ¹these], the ones standing beside you always, and hearing your wisdom. 8 May [³be ¹the lord ²your God] for a blessing, who wanted by you to put you upon his throne for a king to your God; in that [³loved ¹the lord ²your God] Israel, to establish it into the eon, and he put you over them as king, to execute equity and righteousness. 9 And she gave to the king a hundred twenty talents of gold, and aromatics in [²multitude ¹very great], and [²stone ¹valuable]. And there was not any according to those aromatics which [³gave ¹the queen ²of Sheba] to king Solomon. 10 And the servants of Hiram, and the servants of Solomon brought gold to Solomon from out of Ophir, and wood of pines, and [²stone ¹valuable]. 11 And [³made ¹the ²king] [²from the ³wood ⁴of pines ¹ascents] for the house of the lord, and for the house of the king, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers. And there was not seen such as these before in the land of Judah. 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her wants, which she asked for, outside of all what she brought to king Solomon. And she returned unto her land. 13 And was the weight of the gold being brought to Solomon in [²year ¹one] -- six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 14 besides [²the ³men ⁴arranging ⁵and ⁶trading ¹what] brought. And all the kings of Arabia, and the satraps of the land brought gold and silver to king Solomon. 15 And [³made ¹king ²Solomon] two hundred shields [²gold ¹hammered out], with six hundred weights [²gold ¹of pure] being used upon [³shield ¹the ²one]. 16 And three hundred shields of hammered out gold of three hundred weights of gold bore upon [²shield ¹each]. And [³put ⁴them ¹the ²king] in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 17 And [³made ¹the ²king ⁶throne ⁵ivory ⁷of tusks ⁴a great], and he gilded it [²gold ¹in unadulterated]. 18 And there were six stairs to the throne being bonded with gold, and [²a footstool ¹he placed ⁵under ³in ⁴gold] the throne, and armrest angles on this side and on that side upon [³of the ⁴throne ¹the ²chair], and two lions standing by the armrest angles. 19 And twelve lions standing there upon the six stairs on this side and on that side; there was not such in any kingdom. 20 And all the items of king Solomon were gold, and all the items of the house of the forest of Lebanon [²with gold ¹were overtaken]. [²was not ¹Silver] considered [³in ⁴the days ⁵of Solomon ¹as ²anything]. 21 For ships belonging to the king went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once in three years [²came ¹boats] from Tarshish to the king being full of gold, and silver, and tusks of ivory, and apes.

Solomon Is Magnified

22 And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth, even in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the face of Solomon to hear his wisdom, of which God put in his heart. 24 And they brought, each one his gifts -- items made of silver, and items of gold, and clothes, weapons, balsam, and spices, horses, and mules, accordingly year by year. 25 And there were to Solomon four thousand female horses for chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he stationed them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem. 26 And he was leader of all the kings from the river and unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt. 27 And [³made ¹the ²king] silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made the cedars as the sycamine trees, the ones in the plain in multitude. 28 And the delivery of the horses from out of Egypt to Solomon even was from all the lands. 29 And the rest of the words of Solomon, the first and the last, behold are not these written by the words of Nathan the prophet, and by the words of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they entombed him in the city of David his father. And [³reigned ¹Rehoboam ²his son] instead of him.