‏ 1 Kings 10

CHAPTER 10

The Queen of Sheba Tests Solomon

1And the queen of Sheba heard the name of Solomon, and the name of the lord, and she came   to test him with enigmas. 2And she came to Jerusalem with [³force ²heavy ¹an exceedingly], and camels lifting aromatics, and [³gold ²much ¹exceedingly], and [³stone ²valuable ¹much]. And she went to king Solomon. And she spoke to him all as many things as was in   her heart. 3And [²explained ³to her ¹Solomon] all the words of her questions. There was not a word being overlooked by the king which he did not explain to her. 4And [³beheld ¹the queen ²of Sheba] all the intellect of Solomon, and the house which he built, 5and the foods for Solomon, and the form of his servants, and the position of his ministers, and   their clothes, and   his wine servers, and   his whole burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the lord; and [²beside ³herself ¹she was]. 6And she said to   king Solomon, [³is true ¹The ²word] which I heard in   my land concerning the word about you, and concerning   your intellect. 7And I did not trust in the ones speaking to me, until of which I came and [²have seen   ¹my eyes]. And behold, it is not according to the half as they reported to me. You have added wisdom and good things  over all the report which I heard in   my land. 8Blessed are    your wives, and blessed are    [²your servants ¹these]   standing before you continually, the ones hearing   your intellect. 9May [³be ¹the lord    ²your God] blessing whom he wants by you, to put you upon the throne of Israel; because   the lord loves   Israel to  establish it into the eon, and to set you for king over them,   to execute judgment in righteousness, and in their equity. 10And she gave   to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and [³spices ²much ¹exceedingly], and [²stone ¹valuable]. There had not come as   those spices yet in multitude which [³gave ¹the queen ²of Sheba]   to king Solomon. 11And the ship of Hiram, the one carrying the gold from out of Ophir, brought [⁴timbers ³hewn ²much ¹exceedingly], and [²stone ¹valuable]. 12And [³made ¹the ²king] the [²timbers   ¹hewn] for supports of the house of the lord, and the house of the king, and stringed instruments, and lutes for the singers. There had not come such [²timbers ¹unhewn] unto the land, nor was seen somewhere until   this day. 13And   king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all as much as she wanted, and as much as she asked, outside of all which was given to her through the hand   of king Solomon. And she returned and came unto   her land, she and   her servants. 14And was the weight of the gold that came   to Solomon in [²year ¹one] -- six hundred sixty and six talents of gold, 15apart from the tribute of the ones submitting, and the merchants, and all the kings of the other side of the Jordan, and the satraps of the land. 16And [³made   ¹king ²Solomon] two hundred spears of gold hammered out -- six hundred weights  of gold was used for the [²spear   ¹one]. 17And he made three hundred oblong shields of gold hammered out. Three minas of gold were used for the [²oblong shield   ¹one]. And [³put ⁴them ¹the ²king] in the house of the forest   of Lebanon. 18And [³made ¹the ²king ⁶throne ⁵ivory ⁴a great], and he gilded it [²gold ¹in unadulterated]. 19there were Six stairs to the throne, and the upper part had calves from the places  behind it to the throne. And There were  hand rails  on this side and that side upon the place of the chair, and two lions standing by the hand rails. 20And there were  twelve lions standing upon the six stairs on this side and that side. There was not such in any kingdom. 21And all the vessels, the ones used by   Solomon, were of gold. And bathing tubs of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest   of Lebanon [²of gold ¹were completely]. And there was no silver, for it was not thought anything  in the days of Solomon.

Solomon Constructs the Wall of Jerusalem

22For a ship of Tarshish belonged to  king Solomon upon the sea with the ships of Hiram. One [⁵every ⁶three ⁷years ²came ³to the ⁴king ¹ship] out of Tarshish with gold and silver, and [⁴stones ¹turned ²and ³hewn]. 23And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in riches and intellect. 24And all the kings of the earth sought the face of Solomon   to hear   of his intellect, which the lord put in   his heart. 25And [⁴to him ²brought ¹each   ³his gifts], items of silver, and items of gold, and clothes, balsam and spices, and horses, and mules   according to year by year. 26And Solomon brought chariots and horsemen. And there were to him a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he put them in the cities of the chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem. 27And [³put ¹the ²king] the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he put as the sycamine trees   in the plain in multitude. 28And the exiting of the horsemen of Solomon was from out of Egypt. And from out of Kue the merchants of the king took merchandise  from out of Kue in barter. 29And there ascended   an exiting from out of Egypt -- a chariot for six hundred pieces  of silver, and a horse for a hundred fifty pieces  of silver. And thus for all the kings of the Hittites, and to the kings of Syria, by their hand they came forth.