And when the queen of Shebaheard of the fame of Solomon, she came to proveSolomonwithhardquestions at Jerusalem, with a verygreatcompany, and camelsthatbarespices, and gold in abundance, and preciousstones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communedwith him of all that was in her heart.
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and theirapparel; his cupbearersalso, and theirapparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no morespirit in her.
Howbeit I believed not theirwords, until I came, and mineeyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thouexceedest the famethat I heard.
Blessed be the LORD thy God, whichdelighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God lovedIsrael, to establishthem for ever, thereforemade he theekingoverthem, to do judgment and justice.
And she gave the king an hundred and twentytalents of gold, and of spicesgreatabundance, and preciousstones: neither was there any suchspice as the queen of ShebagavekingSolomon.
And the kingmade of the algumtreesterraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’spalace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and therewerenonesuchseenbefore in the land of Judah.
And kingSolomongave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besidethatwhich she had broughtunto the king. So she turned, and wentaway to her own land, she and her servants.
And threehundredshieldsmade he of beatengold: threehundredshekels of goldwent to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
And therewere six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, whichwerefastened to the throne, and stays on eachside of the sittingplace, and two lionsstanding by the stays:
And all the drinkingvessels of kingSolomonwere of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanonwere of puregold: nonewere of silver; it was not any thingaccounted of in the days of Solomon.
For the king’sshipswent to Tarshishwith the servants of Huram: everythreeyearsoncecame the ships of Tarshishbringinggold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
And Solomon had fourthousandstalls for horses and chariots, and twelvethousandhorsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariotcities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seeragainstJeroboam the son of Nebat?