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2 Chronicles 9 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Visit of the Queen of Sheba

(1Ki 10:1–13 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with difficult questions. She had a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and a large amount of gold and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was on her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:2 - Solomon [fn]answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from Solomon which he did not [fn]explain to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:3 - When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house which he had built,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and [fn]his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, she was breathless.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - 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 2Ch 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - “Nevertheless I did not believe their reports until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You surpass the report that I heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:7 - “How [fn]blessed are your men, how [fn]blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the LORD your God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones; there had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:10 - The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested besides a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went to her own land with her servants.

Solomon's Wealth and Power

(1Ki 10:14–29; 2Ch 1:14–17 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 - Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - He made 300 shields of beaten gold, [fn]using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17 - Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the [fn]arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - 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 Box2Ch 9:20 - 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 not considered [fn]valuable in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:22 - So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:24 - 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 Box2Ch 9:25 - Now Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - 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 Box2Ch 9:28 - And they were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.
(1Ki 11:41–43 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 - Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the [fn]records of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of [fn]Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.

Death of Solomon

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: told her all her words
Literally: tell
Or, his burnt offering which he offered
Or, happy
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
Hebrew: shephelah
Literally: words
Hebrew: Jedo
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