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2 Chronicles 9 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Visit of the Queen of Sheba

(1Ki 10:1–13 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings, to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh with him all that hath been with her heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:2 - and Solomon declareth to her all her matters, and there hath not been hid a thing from Solomon that he hath not declared to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:3 - And the queen of Sheba seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been any more spirit in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - And she saith unto the king, 'True is the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and concerning thy wisdom,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:6 - and I have given no credence to their words, till that I have come, and mine eyes see, and lo, there hath not been declared to me the half of the abundance of thy wisdom -- thou hast added unto the report that I heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:7 - 'O the happiness of thy men, and the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee continually, and hearing thy wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there hath not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba hath given to king Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:10 - And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in algum-trees and precious stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - And the king maketh the algum-trees staircases for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king, and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these before in the land of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - And king Solomon hath given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she had brought unto the king, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her servants.

Solomon's Wealth and Power

(1Ki 10:14–29; 2Ch 1:14–17 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 - And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - apart from what the tourists, and the merchants, are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred shekels of alloyed gold he causeth to go up on the one target;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - and three hundred shields of alloyed gold, three hundred shekels of gold he causeth to go up on the one shield, and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17 - And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - and six steps are to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands are on this side and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:19 - and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this side, and on that: it hath not been made so for any kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon are of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon are of refined gold -- silver is not reckoned in the days of Solomon for anything;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:22 - And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put in his heart,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:24 - and they are bringing in each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - And there are to Solomon four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that are in the low country, for abundance,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:28 - and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.
(1Ki 11:41–43 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 - And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - And Solomon reigneth in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years,

Death of Solomon

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:31 - and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David his father, and reign doth Rehoboam his son in his stead.
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