1-4 The queen of Shebaheard of Solomon’s reputation and came to Jerusalemto put his reputation to the test, asking all the tough questions. She made a showy entrance—an impressive retinue of attendants and camels loaded with perfume and much gold and precious stones. She emptied her heart to Solomon, talking over everything she cared about. And Solomonanswered everything she put to him—nothing stumped him. When the queen of Shebaexperienced for herself Solomon’s wisdom and saw with her own eyes the palace he had built, the meals that were served, the impressive array of court officials, the sharply dressed waiters, the cupbearers, and then the elaborate worship extravagant with Whole-Burnt-Offerings at The Temple of God, it all took her breath away.
5-8 She said to the king, "It’s all true! Your reputation for accomplishment and wisdom that reached all the way to my country is confirmed. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it for myself; they didn’t exaggerate! Such wisdom and elegance—far more than I could ever have imagined. Lucky the men and women who work for you, getting to be around you every day and hear your wise words firsthand! And blessed be your Godwho has taken such a liking to you, making you king. Clearly, God’s love for Israel is behind this, making you king to keep a just order and nurture a God-pleasing people."
9-11 She then gave the king four and a half tons of gold and sack after sack of spices and precious stones. There hasn’t been a cargo of spices like the shipload the queen of Shebabrought to King Solomon. The ships of Hiramalso imported gold from Ophiralong with fragrant sandalwood and expensive gems. The king used the sandalwood for fine cabinetry in The Temple of Godand the royal palace, and for making harps and dulcimers for the musicians. Nothing like that shipment of sandalwood has been seen since.
12 King Solomon, for his part, gave the queen of Shebaall her heart’s desire—everything she asked for. She took away more than she brought. Satisfied, she returned home with her train of servants.
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13,14 Solomonreceived twenty-five tons of gold annually. This was above and beyond the taxes and profit on trade with merchants and traders. All kings of Arabiaand various and assorted governors also brought silver and gold to Solomon.
15,16 King Solomoncrafted two hundred body-length shields of hammered gold—about fifteen poundsof gold to each shield—and about three hundred small shields about half that size. He stored the shields in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17-19 The king made a massive throne of ivory with a veneer of gold. The throne had six steps leading up to it with an attached footstool of gold. The armrests on each side were flanked by lions. Lions, twelve of them, were placed at either end of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any other kingdom.
20 King Solomon’s chalices and tankards were made of gold, and all the dinnerware and serving utensils in the House of the Forest of Lebanonwere pure gold. Nothing was made of silver; silver was considered common and cheap in the time of Solomon.
21 The king’s ships, manned by Hiram’s sailors, made a round trip to Tarshishevery three years, returning with a cargo of gold, silver, and ivory, apes and peacocks.
22-24 King Solomonwas richer and wiser than all the kings of the earth—he surpassed them all. Kings came from all over the world to be with Solomonand get in on the wisdom God had given him. Everyone who came brought gifts—artifacts of gold and silver, fashionable robes and gowns, the latest in weapons, exotic spices, horses, and mules—parades of visitors, year after year.
25-28 Solomoncollected horses and chariots. He had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen in barracks in the chariot-cities and in Jerusalem. He ruled over all the kings from the RiverEuphratesin the east, throughout the Philistine country, and as far west as the border of Egypt. The king made silver as common as rocks and cedar as common as the fig trees in the lowland hills. He carried on a brisk horse-trading business with Egyptand other places.
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29-31 The rest of Solomon’s life and rule, from start to finish, one can read in the records of Nathanthe prophet, the prophecy of Ahijahof Shiloh, and in the visions of Iddothe seer concerning Jeroboamson of Nebat. Solomonruled in Jerusalemover all Israel for forty years. Solomondied and was buried in the City of Davidhis father. His son Rehoboamwas the next king.
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Sheba is the land of a queen who came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, arriving with camels carrying spices, gold, and precious stones (2 Chronicles 9:1).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Sheba is the land of a queen who came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, arriving with camels carrying spices, gold, and precious stones (2 Chronicles 9:1).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Sheba is the land of a queen who came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, arriving with camels carrying spices, gold, and precious stones (2 Chronicles 9:1).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Hiram, king of Tyre, was a friend of David and Solomon and sent cedars and carpenters to build David’s palace and the temple of the Lord (1 Kings 5:10).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Sheba is the land of a queen who came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, arriving with camels carrying spices, gold, and precious stones (2 Chronicles 9:1).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
The House of the Forest of Lebanon was a building Solomon constructed, with four rows of cedar columns, in which he placed three hundred shields of hammered gold. Its vessels were of pure gold (1 Kings 10:17).
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Citado em 6 versículosTb.: Palace of the Forest of Lebanon
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
The House of the Forest of Lebanon was a building Solomon constructed, with four rows of cedar columns, in which he placed three hundred shields of hammered gold. Its vessels were of pure gold (1 Kings 10:17).
31,78° N, 35,23° L
Citado em 6 versículosTb.: Palace of the Forest of Lebanon
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Hiram, king of Tyre, was a friend of David and Solomon and sent cedars and carpenters to build David’s palace and the temple of the Lord (1 Kings 5:10).
Tarshish is the place where the king’s trading ships went with the servants of Hiram and from which they returned, once every three years, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks (2 Chronicles 9:21).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
The Euphrates is the great river to which Israel was told to go, toward the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon; beyond it lived Terah, the father of Abraham, and the ancestors of Israel (Joshua 24:2).
The Euphrates is the great river to which Israel was told to go, toward the land of the Canaanites and Lebanon; beyond it lived Terah, the father of Abraham, and the ancestors of Israel (Joshua 24:2).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Nathan, a prophet in the days of David, conveyed to the king the promise of an eternal dynasty and rebuked him for his sin with Bathsheba through the parable of the lamb (2 Samuel 12:7).
Shiloh is the place where Joshua and Eleazar the priest divided the land by lot among the tribes of Israel in the presence of the Lord, and where the house of God stood (Joshua 19:51).
Jeroboam, son of Nebat, led the ten tribes that separated from Rehoboam, became the first king of Israel in the north, and made two golden calves for worship in Bethel and Dan (1 Kings 12:20).
Nebat was the father of Jeroboam, a servant of Solomon who rebelled against the king and later reigned over Israel; Jeroboam’s mother was Zeruah, a widow (1 Kings 11:26).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Solomon, son of David and Bathsheba, reigned over Israel, asked God for wisdom to govern the people, and built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 12:24).
The City of David is the fortress of Zion, which David captured and lived in; the ark of the Lord entered it, and kings such as Solomon and Abijah were buried there (2 Samuel 5:7).
Rehoboam, son of Solomon, refused to lighten the people’s tribute, and the ten northern tribes separated from him; he reigned only over Judah (1 Kings 12:17).