1 En toe die koningin van Skeba die gerug van Salomo hoor in verband met die Naam van die HERE, het sy gekom om hom met raaisels op die proef te stel.

2 En sy het na Jerusalem gekom met 'n baie groot trek, met kamele wat speserye en 'n menigte goud en edelgesteentes dra; en toe sy by Salomo inkom, het sy met hom gespreek oor alles wat in haar hart was.

3 En Salomo het haar al haar woorde verklaar; geen woord was vir die koning te diepsinnig om haar dit te verklaar nie.

4 Toe die koningin van Skeba dan al die wysheid van Salomo sien en die huis wat hy gebou het,

5 en die voedsel van sy tafel en hoe sy dienaars sit en sy bediendes staan, en hulle klere, en sy dranke en sy trap waarmee hy opklim in die huis van die HERE, was daar in haar geen gees meer nie.

6 Daarop sê sy aan die koning: Die woord was waarheid wat ek in my land gehoor het oor u en oor u wysheid;

7 en ek het die woorde nie geglo nie, totdat ek gekom en my oë gesien het; en kyk, die helfte is my nie meegedeel nie. U oortref in wysheid en in welvaart die gerug wat ek gehoor het.

8 Gelukkig is u manne, gelukkig hierdie dienaars van u wat gedurig voor u staan, wat u wysheid hoor.

9 Geloofd sy die HERE u God wat behae in u gehad het om u op die troon van Israel te laat sit! Omdat die HERE Israel vir ewig liefhet, het Hy u as koning aangestel om reg en geregtigheid te doen.

10 Verder het sy aan die koning honderd en twintig talente goud en 'n groot menigte speserye en edelgesteentes gegee; daar het nooit weer so 'n menigte speserye ingekom as wat die koningin van Skeba aan koning Salomo gegee het nie.

11 Maar ook die skepe van Hiram wat goud uit Ofir gaan haal het, het uit Ofir 'n groot menigte sandelhout en edelgesteentes gebring.

12 En van die sandelhout het die koning trapleunings gemaak vir die huis van die HERE en die huis van die koning, en siters en harpe vir die sangers; so het daar geen sandelhout ingekom en is daar nie gesien tot vandag toe nie.

13 En koning Salomo het aan die koningin van Skeba al haar begeerte gegee wat sy gevra het, bo wat hy haar na die vermoë van koning Salomo gegee het. Daarop het sy omgedraai en na haar land getrek, sy en haar dienaars.

14 En die gewig van Salomo se inkomste aan goud in een jaar was ses honderd ses en sestig talente goud,

15 behalwe wat ingekom het van die koopmans wat rondtrek, en van die wins van die handelaars en van al die konings van die gemengde bevolking en van die goewerneurs van die land.

16 En koning Salomo het twee honderd groot skilde van geslae goud gemaak; ses honderd sikkels goud het hy op elke groot skild gebruik;

17 en drie honderd klein skilde van geslae goud; drie mines goud het hy op elke klein skild gebruik, en die koning het dit in die huis van die L¡banon-bos gesit.

18 Verder het die koning 'n groot troon van ivoor gemaak en dit met suiwer goud oorgetrek.

19 Die troon het ses trappe gehad, en die kopstuk van die troon was van agter rond, en aan weerskante was trapleunings by die sitplek, terwyl twee leeus langs die leunings staan.

20 Daarby het twaalf leeus daar op die ses trappe aan weerskante gestaan; so iets is nooit vir enige koninkryk gemaak nie.

21 En die hele drinkservies van koning Salomo was van goud, en al die voorwerpe van die huis van die L¡banon-bos van fyn goud; silwer was daar nie by nie: dit is in die dae van Salomo as niks gereken nie.

22 Want die koning het Tarsis-skepe op die see gehad by die skepe van Hiram; een maal in drie jaar het die Tarsis-skepe ingekom, gelaai met goud en silwer, ivoor en ape en poue.

23 So het koning Salomo dan groter geword as al die konings van die aarde, in rykdom en wysheid.

24 En die hele wêreld het die aangesig van Salomo gesoek om sy wysheid te hoor wat God in sy hart gegee het,

25 terwyl elkeen van hulle sy geskenk saambring: silwervoorwerpe en goue voorwerpe en klere en wapens en speserye, perde en muile, jaar vir jaar.

26 Verder het Salomo strydwaens en perderuiters versamel, sodat hy veertien honderd waens en twaalf duisend perderuiters gehad het; en hy het dit in die stede vir die waens en by die koning in Jerusalem opgestel.

27 Verder het die koning die silwer in Jerusalem gemaak soos klippe en die seders gemaak soos wildevyebome wat in die Laeveld is, in menigte.

28 En die uitvoer van perde vir Salomo was uit Egipte en uit Kw,; handelaars van die koning het dit uit Kw, gaan haal teen koopprys.

29 En 'n wa het uit Egipte opgekom, en dit is verkoop vir ses honderd sikkels silwer, en 'n perd vir honderd en vyftig; en so is dit vir al die konings van die Hetiete en vir die konings van Aram deur hulle uitgevoer.

1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hid from the king which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 5 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me; thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness. 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug-trees and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the almug-trees pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for the singers: there came no such almug-trees, nor were seen, unto this day.

13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, 15 besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country. 16 And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler. 17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold. 19 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. 21 And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 28 And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king’s merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price. 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.