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1 Kings 10 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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The Queen of Sheba

(2Ch 9:1–28 )

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:3 - Solomon [fn]answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from the king which he did not [fn]explain to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and [fn]his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:6 - Then she said to the king, “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:7 - “Nevertheless I did not believe the [fn]reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:8 - “How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - “Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:11 - Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:12 - The king made of the almug trees supports for the house of the LORD and for the king’s house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested, besides what he gave her according to [fn]his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land [fn]together with her servants.

Wealth, Splendor and Wisdom

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:15 - besides that from the traders and the [fn]wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - He made 300 shields of beaten gold, [fn]using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the [fn]arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:20 - Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - 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 was of silver; it was not considered [fn]valuable in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:22 - For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:23 - So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:24 - All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25 - They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he [fn]stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:27 - The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the [fn]lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - Also Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - A chariot [fn]was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and [fn]by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: told her all her words
Literally: tell her
Or, his burnt offering which he offered
Literally: words
Literally: the hand of King Solomon
Literally: she and
Or, traffic
Literally: he brought up
Literally: he brought up
Literally: hands
Literally: on this side and on this at the place of the seat
Literally: anything
So with ancient versions; Heb led
Hebrew: Shephelah
Literally: came up and went out from
Literally: in like manner by their hand
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