1 And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon in connection with the name of Jehovah, and came to prove him with enigmas.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices and gold in very great abundance, and precious stones; and she came to Solomon, and spoke to him of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon explained to her all she spoke of: there was not a thing hidden from the king that he did not explain to her.
4 And when the queen of Sheba saw all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5 and the food of his table, and the deportment of his servants, and the order of service of his attendants, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to 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 affairs, and of thy wisdom;
7 but I gave no credit to the words, until I came and mine eyes had seen; and behold, the half was not told me: in wisdom and prosperity thou exceedest the report that I heard.
8 Happy are thy men! happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee, who hear thy wisdom!
9 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel! Because Jehovah loves Israel for ever, therefore did he make thee king, to do judgment and justice.
10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 (And the fleet also of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir sandal-wood in very great abundance, and precious stones.
12 And the king made of the sandal-wood a balustrade for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers. There came no such sandal-wood, nor was there seen to this day.)
13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what he gave her of the bounty of king Solomon. And she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.
14 And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
15 besides what {came} by the dealers, and by the traffic of the merchants, and by all the kings of Arabia, and by the governors of the country.
16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, -he applied six hundred {shekels} of gold to one target;
17 and three hundred shields of beaten gold, -he applied three minas of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
18 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with refined gold:
19 the throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was rounded behind; and there were arms on each side at the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the arms;
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 precious gold: none were of silver, {which} was not of the least account in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had on the sea a Tarshish-fleet, with the fleet of Hiram: once in three years came the Tarshish-fleet, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 And king Solomon was greater than 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 present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armour, and spices, horses and mules, a rate year by year.
26 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he as the sycamores that are in the lowland for abundance.
28 And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove {of horses}, 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 they brought {them} by their means, for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria.
1 示巴女王听到所罗门因耶和华的名所得的名声， 就来要用难题试试他。
2 她带着大批随员到耶路撒冷来， 又有骆驼驮着香料、许多金子和宝石。她来到所罗门那里， 就把她心里所有的难题都对他说出来。
3 所罗门把她所有的问题都给她解说明白， 没有一件事难倒王， 使王不能回答她的。
4 示巴女王看见所罗门的一切智慧和他建造的宫殿、
5 桌上的食物、臣仆的座位、仆人的侍候、他们的服饰、王的酒政和王在耶和华的殿献上的燔祭， 就惊奇得不知所措。
6 于是她对王说： "我在本国听见有关你的事和你的智慧， 原来都是真的；
7 以前我并不相信那些话， 等到我来了， 亲眼看见， 才知道人告诉我的还不到一半； 你的智慧和财富， 超过我所听闻的。
8 属你的人是有福的， 你的这些臣仆是有福的， 他们常常侍立在你面前， 聆听你的智慧。
9 耶和华你的 神是应当称颂的！ 他喜悦你， 使你坐在以色列的王位上； 因为耶和华永远喜爱以色列， 所以立你作王， 要你秉行公义。"
10 于是示巴女王把约四千公斤金子、大批香料和宝石送给王； 以后奉来的香料再也没有像示巴女王送给所罗门的那么多。
11 此外， 从俄斐运金子来的希兰船队， 又从俄斐运了大批檀香木和宝石来。
12 王用檀香木为耶和华的殿和王宫做栏杆， 又为歌唱的做琴瑟。以后再也没有这样的檀香木运来， 也没有人看见过， 直到今日。
13 所罗门王照着示巴女王所愿所求的一切赐给她， 另外又厚厚地馈赠她。于是女王和她的臣仆都返回本国去了。
14 所罗门每年收入的金子重两万三千公斤。
15 另外， 还有从商人和行商的课税， 阿拉伯诸王和国内省长的收入。
16 所罗门王用锤炼好的金子做了二百面大盾牌， 每一面大盾牌用金子七公斤；
17 又用锤炼好的金子做了三百面小盾牌， 每一面小盾牌用金子两公斤。王把这些盾牌都放在黎巴嫩林宫。
18 王又做了一个象牙大宝座， 贴上了精金。
19 那宝座有六级台阶， 宝座的后背有一个圆顶， 座处的两旁有一个扶手。扶手的旁边各有一只狮子站立着。
20 在六级台阶上共有十二只狮子站着， 左边一只， 右边一只。在列国中都没有这样做过。
21 所罗门的一切杯爵都是金子做的； 黎巴嫩林宫里的一切器皿也都是精金做的， 没有用银子做的； 原来在所罗门王的时代， 银子算不得什么。
22 因为王有他施船队与希兰船队一同在海上航行。他施船队三年一次运来金银、象牙、猿猴和孔雀。
23 所罗门王的财富和智慧， 超过了世界上所有的君王。
24 世上所有的君王都要求晋见所罗门， 聆听 神赋予他心中的智慧。
25 他们各人都带着自己的贡物而来， 就是银器、金器、衣裳、军械、香料、马和骡等， 年年都是这样。
26 所罗门聚集战车和骑兵， 他有战车一千四百辆， 骑兵一万二千人， 安置在屯车城和耶路撒冷， 就是与王在一起。
27 王在耶路撒冷使银子好像石头一样， 使香柏木好像平原的桑树那么多。
28 所罗门的马是从埃及和古厄运出来的， 是王的商人从古厄按着定价买来的。
29 从埃及运上来的车， 每辆银子六千八百四十克， 马每匹一千七百一十克。赫人众王和亚兰（"亚兰"即今天"叙利亚"一带的地方）诸王也都是这样经他们的手买来的。