2Ch 9 | EngLXX | STEP | And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomonwith hard questions, and she had camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came toSolomon, and told him all that was in her mind.

‏ 2 Chronicles 9

1 And the queen of Saba heardof the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomonwith hard questions, andshe had camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came toSolomon, and told him all that was in her mind. 2 And Solomon told her all her words; and there passed not a word from Solomon which hetold her not. 3 And the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built, 4 and the meat of the tables, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers,and their raiment; and his cupbearers, and their apparel; and the whole burnt offerings which he offeredup in the house of the Lord; then she was in ecstasy. 5 And she said to the king,It was a true report which I heard in my land concerning your words, and concerning your wisdom. 6 Yet I believed not the reports until I came, and my eyes saw: and, behold, the half ofthe abundance of your wisdom was not told me: you have exceeded the report which I heard. 7 Blessedare your men, blessedare these your servants, who stand before you continually, and hear your wisdom. 8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who took pleasure in you, to set you upon his throne fora king, to the Lord your God: forasmuch as the Lord your God loved Israel to establish them for ever,therefore he has set you over them for a king to execute judgment and justice. 9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance,and precious stones: and there were notany where else such spices as those which the queen of Saba gave king Solomon. 10 And the servants of Solomon and the servants of Chiram brought gold to Solomon out ofSuphir, and pine timber, and precious stones. 11 And the king made of the pine timber steps to the house of the Lord, and to the king'shouse, and harps and lutes for the singers: and such were not seen before in the land of Juda. 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she requested, besides all that shebrought to king Solomon: and she returned to herown land. 13 And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon in one year was six hundred andsixty-six talents of gold, 14 besides what the men who were regularly appointed and the merchants brought, and allthe kings of Arabia and princes of the land: all brought gold and silver to king Solomon. 15 And king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold: there were six hundredshekels of pure gold to one shield. 16 And three hundred buckles of beaten gold:the weight of three hundred gold shekels went to one buckler: and the king placed them in thehouse of the forest of Lebanon. 17 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold. 18 Andthere were six steps to the throne, riveted with gold, and elbows on either side of the seatof the throne, and two lions standing by the elbows: 19 and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on each side. There was not the likein anyother kingdom. 20 And all king Solomon's vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of theforest of Lebanon were covered with gold: silver was not thought anything of in the days of Solomon. 21 For a ship went for the king to Tharsis with the servants of Chiram: once every threeyears came vessels from Tharsis to the king, laden with gold, and silver, and ivory, and apes. 22 And Solomon exceeded allother kings both in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, whichGod had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every one his gifts, silver vessels and golden vessels, and raiment,myrrh and spices, horses and mules, a rate every year. 25 And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and heput them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem. 26 And he rules over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, andto the borders of Egypt. 27 And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamoretrees in the plain for abundance. 28 And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and from everyother country. 29 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, these are writtenin the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Achia the Selonite, and in the visions of Joelthe seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat. 30 And Solomon reigned over all Israel forty years. 31 And Solomon fell asleep, and they buried him in the city of David his father: and Roboamhis son reigned in his stead.