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1 Kings 10 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - And she came to Jerusalem with a very great [fn]train; and there came camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:3 - And Solomon [fn]answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cup-bearers, and his whole-burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was [fn]utterly amazed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - And she said to king Solomon, It was a true report which I heard in my land of thy [fn]words and thy wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast [fn]exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:8 - Blessed are thy wives, blessed are these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish him for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and [fn]precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:11 - And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - And the king made the hewn timber into buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her [fn]by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the country beyond the river, and of the princes of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - And three hundred [fn]shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - The throne had six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the side-pieces,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any other kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - And all the vessels made by Solomon were of gold, and the lavers were golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of [fn]pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram: one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, laden with gold and silver, and [fn]wrought stones, and hewn stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:23 - And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - And all the kings of the earth sought the [fn]presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord had put into his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25 - And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - And the king [fn]made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen was also out of Egypt, and the king's merchants were of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up thus, even a chariot for a hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for fifty shekels of silver: and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they came out by sea.
BES Footnotes
Gr. force.
Gr. related to her all her words.
Or, in ecstasy.
Gr. word.
Gr. added good things to them.
Gr. precious stone.
of his royal bounty, A. V.
Gr. arms.
Lit. 'shut up with gold,' a frequent phrase in Heb. and Gr. for 'pure gold.' See chap. 6:20.
Gr. turned.
Gr. work.
Gr. face.
Gr. gave.
BES

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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