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

1Ki 10:1And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
1Ki 10:2And 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.
1Ki 10:3And Solomon [fn]answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.
1Ki 10:4And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,
1Ki 10:5and 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.
1Ki 10:6And she said to king Solomon, It was a true report which I heard in my land of thy [fn]words and thy wisdom.
1Ki 10:7But 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.
1Ki 10:8Blessed are thy wives, blessed are these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.
1Ki 10:9Blessed 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.
1Ki 10:10And 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.
1Ki 10:11And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones.
1Ki 10:12And 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.
1Ki 10:13And 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.
1Ki 10:14And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.
1Ki 10:15Besides 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.
1Ki 10:16And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.
1Ki 10:17And 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.
1Ki 10:18And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold.
1Ki 10:19The 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,
1Ki 10:20and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any other kingdom.
1Ki 10:21And 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.
1Ki 10:22For 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.
1Ki 10:23And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
1Ki 10:24And all the kings of the earth sought the [fn]presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord had put into his heart.
1Ki 10:25And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
1Ki 10:26And 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:
1Ki 10:27And the king [fn]made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.
1Ki 10:28And 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.
1Ki 10:29And 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.
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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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