2 Chronicles 9 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Queen of Sheba

(1Ki 10:1–13 )

Now the queen^H4436 of Sheba^H7614 heard^H8085 the report^H8088 about Solomon^H8010. So she came^H935 to Jerusalem^H3389 to test^H5254 Solomon^H8010 with riddles^H2420. She had a very^H3966 glorious^H3515 retinue^H2428, with camels^H1581 carrying^H5375 spices^H1314 and a large^H7230 amount^H7230 of gold^H2091 and precious^H3368 stones^H68. And she came^H935 to Solomon^H8010 and spoke^H1696 with him about all^H3605 that was in her heart^H3824.

2Ch 9:2

2Ch 9:2And Solomon declared to her the answer to all her matters; and not a matter was hidden from Solomon which he did not declare to her.

2Ch 9:3

2Ch 9:3Then the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the house which he had built,

2Ch 9:4

2Ch 9:4the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the disposition of his attendants and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and [fn]his stairway by which he went up to the house of Yahweh, so that there was no more spirit in her.

2Ch 9:5

2Ch 9:5Then she said to the king, “The word is true which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

2Ch 9:6

2Ch 9:6“Nevertheless I did not believe their words until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not declared to me. You exceed the report which I heard.

2Ch 9:7

2Ch 9:7“How [fn]blessed are your men, how [fn]blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

2Ch 9:8

2Ch 9:8“Blessed be Yahweh your God who delighted in you, to set you on His throne as king for Yahweh your God; because your God loved Israel to cause them to stand forever, therefore He gave you as king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

2Ch 9:9

2Ch 9:9Then she gave the king [fn]120 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.

2Ch 9:10

Also, the servants^H5650 of Huram^H2361 and the servants^H5650 of Solomon^H8010, who^H834 brought^H935 gold^H2091 from Ophir^H211, brought^H935 algum^H418 trees^H6086 and precious^H3368 stones^H68.

2Ch 9:11

2Ch 9:11And the king made of the algum trees steps for the house of Yahweh and for the king’s house, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.

2Ch 9:12

Thus King^H4428 Solomon^H8010 gave^H5414 to the queen^H4436 of Sheba^H7614 all^H3605 her desire^H2656 which^H834 she asked^H7592, besides^H4480^H905 a return for what^H834 she had brought^H935 to the king^H4428. Then she turned^H2015 around^H2015 and went^H1980 to her own land^H776 together with her servants^H5650.

Solomon’s Riches and Wisdom

(1Ki 10:14–29; 2Ch 1:14–17 )

2Ch 9:13

Now the weight^H4948 of gold^H2091 which^H834 came^H935 to Solomon^H8010 in one^H259 year^H8141 was 666^H8337^H3967^H8346^H8337 talents^H3603 of gold^H2091,

2Ch 9:14

2Ch 9:14besides 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.

2Ch 9:15

2Ch 9:15And King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using [fn]600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

2Ch 9:16

2Ch 9:16And he made 300 shields of beaten gold, [fn]using [fn]300 shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

2Ch 9:17

Moreover, the king^H4428 made^H6213 a great^H1419 throne^H3678 of ivory^H8127 and overlaid^H6823 it with pure^H2889 gold^H2091.

2Ch 9:18

2Ch 9:18And 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.

2Ch 9:19

2Ch 9:19Twelve lions were also standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

2Ch 9:20

2Ch 9:20Now 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.

2Ch 9:21

2Ch 9:21For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came carrying gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

2Ch 9:22

So King^H4428 Solomon^H8010 became^H1431 greater^H1431 than^H4480 all^H3605 the kings^H4428 of the earth^H776 in riches^H6239 and wisdom^H2451.

2Ch 9:23

2Ch 9:23And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

2Ch 9:24

2Ch 9:24And they brought every man his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, a set amount year by year.

2Ch 9:25

And Solomon^H8010 had^H1961 4,000^H702^H505 stalls^H723 for horses^H5483 and chariots^H4818 and 12,000^H8147^H6240^H505 horsemen^H6571, and he stationed^H5117 them in the chariot^H7393 cities^H5892 and with the king^H4428 in Jerusalem^H3389.

2Ch 9:26

2Ch 9:26And he was the ruler over all the kings from the [fn]River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

2Ch 9:27

2Ch 9:27The king also made silver as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the [fn]Shephelah.

2Ch 9:28

2Ch 9:28And they were importing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.

The Death of Solomon

(1Ki 11:41–43 )

2Ch 9:29

Now the rest^H7605 of the acts^H1697 of Solomon^H8010, from first^H7223 to last^H314, are they not written^H3789 in the [fn]chronicles^H1697 of Nathan^H5416 the prophet^H5030, and in the prophecy^H5016 of Ahijah^H281 the Shilonite^H7888, and in the visions^H2378 of [fn]Iddo^H3260 the seer^H2374 concerning^H5921 Jeroboam^H3379 the son^H1121 of Nebat^H5028?