<vn='1'>And when the <sn="4436">queen</s> of <sn="7614">Sheba</s><sn="8085">heard</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8088">fame</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s> concerning the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, she <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="5254">prove</s> him with hard <sn="2420">questions</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And she <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> with a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="3515">great</s><sn="2428">train</s>, with <sn="1581">camels</s> that <sn="5375">bore</s><sn="1314">spices</s>, and <sn="3966">very</s><sn="7227">much</s><sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="3368">precious</s><sn="68">stones</s>: and when she was <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>, she <sn="1696">communed</s><sn="413">with</s> him of <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5973">in</s> her <sn="3824">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="5046">told</s> her <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="1697">questions</s>: there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">not</s> any <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="5956">hid</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="5046">told</s> her <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And when the <sn="4436">queen</s> of <sn="7614">Sheba</s> had <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> 's <sn="2451">wisdom</s>, and the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">that</s> he had <sn="1129">built</s>, </v>
<vn='5'>And the <sn="3978">meat</s> of his <sn="7979">table</s>, and the <sn="4186">sitting</s> of his <sn="5650">servants</s>, and the <sn="4612">attendance</s> of his <sn="8334">ministers</s>, and their <sn="4403">apparel</s>, and his <sn="4945">cupbearers</s>, and his <sn="5930">ascent</s> by <sn="834">which</s> he went <sn="5927">up</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="7307">spirit</s> in her. </v>
<vn='6'>And she <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, It <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="571">true</s><sn="1697">report</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="8085">heard</s> in mine own <sn="776">land</s><sn="5921">of</s> thy <sn="1697">acts</s> and <sn="5921">of</s> thy <sn="2451">wisdom</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Howbeit I <sn="539">believed</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="1697">words</s>, <sn="5704 834">until</s> I <sn="935">came</s>, and mine <sn="5869">eyes</s> had <sn="7200">seen</s> it: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="2677">half</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5046">told</s> me: thy <sn="2451">wisdom</s> and <sn="2896">prosperity</s><sn="3254 413">exceedeth</s> the <sn="8052">fame</s><sn="834">which</s> I <sn="8085">heard</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="835">Happy</s> are thy <sn="376">men</s>, <sn="835">happy</s> are <sn="428">these</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, which <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="8548">continually</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee, and that <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="2451">wisdom</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1288">Blessed</s><sn="1961">be</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="2654">delighted</s> in thee, to <sn="5414">set</s> thee <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: because the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="157">loved</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5769">forever</s>, therefore <sn="7760">made</s> he thee <sn="4428">king</s>, to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="4941">judgment</s> and <sn="6666">justice</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And she <sn="5414">gave</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="3603">talents</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, and of <sn="1314">spices</s><sn="3966">very</s> great <sn="7235">store</s>, and <sn="3368">precious</s><sn="68">stones</s>: there <sn="935">came</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="1931">such</s><sn="7230">abundance</s> of <sn="1314">spices</s> as these <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="4436">queen</s> of <sn="7614">Sheba</s><sn="5414">gave</s> to <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="590">navy</s><sn="1571">also</s> of <sn="2438">Hiram</s>, <sn="834">that</s><sn="5375">brought</s><sn="2091">gold</s> from <sn="4480 211">Ophir</s>, brought <sn="935">in</s> from <sn="4480 211">Ophir</s><sn="3966">great</s><sn="7235">plenty</s> of <sn="484">almug</s><sn="6086">trees</s>, and <sn="3368">precious</s><sn="68">stones</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6213">made</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="484">almug</s><sn="6086">trees</s><sn="4552">pillars</s> for the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and for the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="3658">harps</s> also and <sn="5035">psalteries</s> for <sn="7891">singers</s>: there <sn="935">came</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3651">such</s><sn="484">almug</s><sn="6086">trees</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> were <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="5414">gave</s> unto the <sn="4436">queen</s> of <sn="7614">Sheba</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> her <sn="2656">desire</s>, <sn="834">whatsoever</s> she <sn="7592">asked</s>, <sn="4480 905">beside</s> that <sn="834">which</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="5414">gave</s> her of his royal <sn="3027 4428">bounty</s>. So she <sn="6437">turned</s> and <sn="1980">went</s> to her own <sn="776">country</s>, <sn="1931">she</s> and her <sn="5650">servants</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Now the <sn="4948">weight</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="8010">Solomon</s> in <sn="259">one</s><sn="8141">year</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="8346">threescore</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3603">talents</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, </v>
<vn='15'><sn="905">Beside</s> that he had of the <sn="4480 376 8446">merchantmen</s>, and of the <sn="4536">traffic</s> of the spice <sn="7402">merchants</s>, and of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="6154">Arabia</s>, and of the <sn="6346">governors</s> of the <sn="776">country</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s><sn="6213">made</s> two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="6793">targets</s> of <sn="7820">beaten</s><sn="2091">gold</s>: <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> shekels of <sn="2091">gold</s><sn="5927">went</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="6793">target</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And he made <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="4043">shields</s> of <sn="7820">beaten</s><sn="2091">gold</s>; <sn="7969">three</s><sn="4488">pound</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s><sn="5927">went</s><sn="5921">to</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="4043">shield</s>: and the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5414">put</s> them in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3293">forest</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Moreover the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6213">made</s> a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="8127">ivory</s>, and <sn="6823">overlaid</s> it with the <sn="6338">best</s><sn="2091">gold</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>The <sn="3678">throne</s> had <sn="8337">six</s><sn="4609">steps</s>, and the <sn="7218">top</s> of the <sn="3678">throne</s> was <sn="5696">round</s><sn="4480 310">behind</s>: and there were <sn="3027">stays</s> on either <sn="4480 2088 4480 2088">side</s><sn="413">on</s> the <sn="4725">place</s> of the <sn="7675">seat</s>, and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="738">lions</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="681">beside</s> the <sn="3027">stays</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="738">lions</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="5921">on</s> the one <sn="4480 2088">side</s> and on the <sn="4480 2088">other</s> upon the <sn="8337">six</s><sn="4609">steps</s>: there was <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="3651">like</s><sn="6213">made</s> in <sn="3605">any</s><sn="4467">kingdom</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> 's <sn="4945">drinking</s><sn="3627">vessels</s> were of <sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3293">forest</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s> were of <sn="5462">pure</s><sn="2091">gold</s>; <sn="369">none</s> were of <sn="3701">silver</s>: it was <sn="3808 3972">nothing</s><sn="2803">accounted</s> of in the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> had at <sn="3220">sea</s> a <sn="590">navy</s> of <sn="8659">Tharshish</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="590">navy</s> of <sn="2438">Hiram</s>: <sn="259">once</s> in <sn="7969">three</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="935">came</s> the <sn="590">navy</s> of <sn="8659">Tharshish</s>, <sn="5375">bringing</s><sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="3701">silver</s>, <sn="8143">ivory</s>, and <sn="6971">apes</s>, and <sn="8500">peacocks</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>So <sn="4428">king</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> exceeded <sn="1431 4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> for <sn="6239">riches</s> and for <sn="2451">wisdom</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="1245">sought</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6440">to</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s>, to <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2451">wisdom</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="430">God</s> had <sn="5414">put</s> in his <sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="1992">they</s><sn="935">brought</s> every <sn="376">man</s> his <sn="4503">present</s>, <sn="3627">vessels</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s>, and <sn="3627">vessels</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, and <sn="8008">garments</s>, and <sn="5402">armor</s>, and <sn="1314">spices</s>, <sn="5483">horses</s>, and <sn="6505">mules</s>, a <sn="1697">rate</s><sn="8141">year</s> by <sn="8141">year</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s> gathered <sn="622">together</s><sn="7393">chariots</s> and <sn="6571">horsemen</s>: and he <sn="1961">had</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="7393">chariots</s>, and <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6571">horsemen</s>, whom he <sn="5148">bestowed</s> in the <sn="5892">cities</s> for <sn="7393">chariots</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5414">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3701">silver</s> to be in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> as <sn="68">stones</s>, and <sn="730">cedars</s><sn="5414">made</s> he to be as the sycamore <sn="8256">trees</s><sn="834">that</s> are in the <sn="8219">vale</s>, for <sn="7230">abundance</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="8010">Solomon</s> had <sn="5483">horses</s><sn="4161">brought</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>, and linen <sn="4480 4723">yarn</s>: the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="5503">merchants</s><sn="3947">received</s> the linen <sn="4480 4723">yarn</s> at a <sn="4242">price</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And a <sn="4818">chariot</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> and went <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s> for <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> shekels of <sn="3701">silver</s>, and a <sn="5483">horse</s> for a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="2572">fifty</s>: and <sn="3651">so</s> for <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="2850">Hittites</s>, and for the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="758">Syria</s>, did they bring them <sn="3318">out</s> by their <sn="3027">means</s>. </v>