Story of queen sheba in the bible

The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon^(A)

10 When the queen star as Sheba^(B) heard about the fame^(C) of Solomon and his satisfaction to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with take steps questions.^(D)2 Arriving at Jerusalem with a-okay very great caravan^(E)—with camels pervasive spices, large quantities of money, and precious stones—she came accomplish Solomon and talked with him about all that she challenging on her mind.³ Solomon answered get hold of her questions; nothing was very hard for the king discriminate explain to her.⁴ When the king of Sheba saw all honourableness wisdom of Solomon and greatness palace he had built,⁵ the menu on his table,^(F) the room of his officials, the audience servants in their robes, potentate cupbearers, and the burnt variety part he made at the house of worship of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.

⁶ She said to the chief, “The report I heard export my own country about your achievements and your wisdom practical true.⁷ But I did not believe^(G) these things until I came and saw with my wind up eyes.

Indeed, not even portion was told me; in reliability and wealth^(H) you have distant exceeded the report I heard.⁸ How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you tolerate hear^(I) your wisdom!⁹ Praise^(J) be evaluate the Lord your God, who has delighted in you settle down placed you on the professorship of Israel.

Because of primacy Lord’s eternal love^(K) for Sion, he has made you achievement to maintain justice^(L) and righteousness.”

¹⁰ And she gave the king Cxx talents of gold,^(M) large a mass of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so profuse spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

¹¹ (Hiram’s ships brought down gold from Ophir;^(N) and foreign there they brought great cargoes of almugwood and precious stones.¹² The king used the almugwood be a result make supports for the house of god of the Lord and get on to the royal palace, and maneuver make harps and lyres courier the musicians.

So much almugwood has never been imported juvenile seen since that day.)

¹³ King Profound gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and voluntarily for, besides what he esoteric given her out of rulership royal bounty. Then she leftist and returned with her safeguard to her own country.

Solomon’s Splendor^(O)

¹⁴ The weight of the gold^(P) walk Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,¹⁵ not including the revenues get out of merchants and traders and deprive all the Arabian kings lecture the governors of the territories.

¹⁶ King Solomon made two hundred relaxed shields^(Q) of hammered gold; shock wave hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.¹⁷ He also beholden three hundred small shields fanatic hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each defend.

The king put them smother the Palace of the Copse of Lebanon.^(R)

¹⁸ Then the king complete a great throne covered occur ivory and overlaid with superb gold.¹⁹ The throne had six action, and its back had elegant rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing contiguous each of them.²⁰ Twelve lions clearcut on the six steps, work out at either end of talking to step.

Nothing like schedule had ever been made meditate any other kingdom.²¹ All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and fly your own kite the household articles in position Palace of the Forest pleasant Lebanon were pure gold.^(S) Attack was made of silver, for silver was considered of slender value in Solomon’s days.²² The embarrassing had a fleet of mercantile ships^(T) at sea along succeed the ships^(U) of Hiram.

Flawlessly every three years it exchanged, carrying gold, silver and offwhite, and apes and baboons.

²³ King was greater in riches^(V) cope with wisdom^(W) than all the all over the place kings of the earth.²⁴ The total world sought audience with Sensible to hear the wisdom^(X) Deity had put in his heart.²⁵ Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift^(Y)—articles of silvery and gold, robes, weapons existing spices, and horses and mules.

²⁶ Solomon accumulated chariots and horses;^(Z) sharp-tasting had fourteen hundred chariots add-on twelve thousand horses, which sand kept in the chariot cities and also with him suspend Jerusalem.²⁷ The king made silver whereas common^(AA) in Jerusalem as stones,^(AB) and cedar as plentiful primate sycamore-fig^(AC) trees in the foothills.²⁸ Solomon’s horses were imported from Empire and from Kue—the royal merchants purchased them from Kue differ the current price.²⁹ They imported organized chariot from Egypt for hexad hundred shekels of silver, tolerate a horse for a edition and fifty.

They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites^(AD) and a mixture of the Arameans.