1 When the queen of Shebaheard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalemto test him with hard questions. Arriving with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomonand talked with him about all she had on her mind. 2 Solomonanswered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her. 3 When the queen of Shebasaw the wisdom of Solomon, as well as the palace he had built, 4 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at9:4 Or and the ascent by which he went up tothe temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.
5 She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. 6 But I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard. 7 How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! 8 Praise be to the Lordyour God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the Lordyour God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness."
9 Then she gave the king 120 talents9:9 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tonsof gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Shebagave to King Solomon.
10 (The servants of Hiramand the servants of Solomonbrought gold from Ophir; they also brought algumwood9:10 Probably a variant of almugwoodand precious stones. 11 The king used the algumwood to make steps for the temple of the Lordand for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)
12 King Solomongave the queen of Shebaall she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
Solomon’s Splendor
13 The weight of the gold that Solomonreceived yearly was 666 talents,9:13 That is, about 25 tons or about 23 metric tons14 not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabiaand the governors of the territories brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 King Solomonmade two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels9:15 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilogramsof hammered gold went into each shield. 16 He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels9:16 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilogramsof gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 Then the king made a great throne covered with ivory and overlaid with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them. 19 Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom. 20 All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanonwere pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day. 21 The king had a fleet of trading ships9:21 Hebrew of ships that could go to Tarshishmanned by Hiram’s9:21 Hebrew Huram, a variant of Hiramservants. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.
22 King Solomonwas greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth. 23 All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomonto hear the wisdom God had put in his heart. 24 Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift—articles of silver and gold, and robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.
25 Solomonhad four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses,9:25 Or charioteerswhich he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem. 26 He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates Riverto the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. 27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalemas stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills. 28 Solomon’s horses were imported from Egyptand from all other countries.
Solomon’s Death
29 As for the other events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Nathanthe prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijahthe Shiloniteand in the visions of Iddothe seer concerning Jeroboamson of Nebat? 30 Solomonreigned in Jerusalemover all Israel forty years. 31 Then he rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of Davidhis father. And Rehoboamhis son succeeded him as 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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).