2Ch 9:1When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all she had on her mind.
2Ch 9:4the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at[fn] the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.
2Ch 9:6But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard.
2Ch 9:8Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the LORD your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”
2Ch 9:9Then she gave the king 120 talents[fn] of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
2Ch 9:11The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)
2Ch 9:12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
2Ch 9:14not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.
2Ch 9:16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels[fn] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
2Ch 9:18The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.
2Ch 9:20All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day.
2Ch 9:21The king had a fleet of trading ships[fn] manned by Hiram’s[fn] servants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.
2Ch 9:25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses,[fn] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
2Ch 9:29As for the other events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
