Dual Panel1When the queen <04436> of Sheba <07614> heard <08085> about Solomon <03068> <08034> <08010> <08088>, she came <0935> to challenge <05254> him with difficult questions <02420>.
2She arrived <0935> in Jerusalem <03389> with a great <03515> display <02428> of pomp <03966>, bringing with her camels <01581> carrying <05375> spices <01314>, a very <03966> large quantity <07227> of gold <02091>, and precious <03368> gems <068>. She visited <0935> Solomon <08010> and discussed <01696> with <0413> him everything <03605> that <0834> was <01961> on <05973> her mind <03824>.
3Solomon <08010> answered <05046> all <03605> her questions <01697>; there was <01961> no <03808> question <01697> too complex <05956> for <04480> the king <04428>.
4When the queen <04436> of Sheba <07614> saw <07200> for herself Solomon’s <08010> extensive <03605> wisdom <02451>, the palace <01004> he had built <01129>,
5the food <03978> in his banquet hall <07979>, his servants <05650> and attendants <04612>, their robes <04403>, his cupbearers <04945>, and his burnt offerings <05930> which <0834> he presented <05927> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, she was amazed.
6She said <0559> to <0413> the king <04428>, “The report <01697> I heard <08085> in my own country <0776> about your wise sayings <01697> and insight <02451> was true <0571>!
7I did not <03808> believe <0539> these things <01697> until <05704> I came <0935> and saw <07200> them with my own eyes <05869>. Indeed <02009>, I didn’t <03808> hear <08085> even half <02677> the story! Your wisdom <02451> and wealth <02896> surpass what was reported <08052> to me.
8Your attendants <05650>, who stand <05975> before <06440> you at all times <08548> and hear <08085> your wise sayings <02451>, are truly happy <0835> <0835>!
9May the Lord <03068> your God <0430> be praised <01288> because <0834> he favored <02654> you by placing <05414> you on <05921> the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>! Because of the Lord’s <03068> eternal <05769> love <0160> for Israel <03478>, he made <07760> you king <04428> so you could make <06213> just <04941> and right decisions <06666>.”
10She gave <05414> the king <04428> 120 <06242> <03967> talents <03603> of gold <02091>, a very <03966> large quantity <07235> of spices <01314>, and precious <03368> gems <068>. The quantity of spices <01314> the queen <04436> of Sheba <07614> gave <05414> King <04428> Solomon <08010> has never <05750> <03808> been matched <0935>.
11(Hiram’s <02438> fleet <0590>, which <0834> carried <05375> gold <02091> from Ophir <0211>, also <01571> brought <0935> from Ophir <0211> a very <03966> large quantity <07235> of fine timber <0484> <06086> and precious <03368> gems <068>.
12With the timber <0484> <06086> the king <04428> made <06213> supports <04552> for the Lord’s <03069> temple <01004> and for the royal <04428> palace <01004> and stringed instruments <05035> <03658> for the musicians <07891>. No <03808> one has seen <07200> so <03651> much of this fine timber <0484> <06086> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>.)
13King <04428> Solomon <08010> gave <05414> the queen <04436> of Sheba <07614> everything <03605> she requested <07592>, besides <0905> what <0834> he had <0834> freely offered <05414> her. Then she left <06437> and returned <01980> to her homeland <0776> with her <01931> attendants <05650>.
14Solomon <08010> received <0935> 666 <08337> <08346> <03967> <08337> talents <03603> of gold <02091> per <0259> year <08141>,
15besides <0905> what he collected <08446> from the merchants <04536> <0376>, traders <07402>, Arabian <06152> kings <04428>, and governors <06346> of the land <0776>.
16King <04428> Solomon <08010> made <06213> two hundred <03967> large shields <06793> of hammered <07820> gold <02091>; 600 <03967> <08337> measures of gold <02091> were used <05927> for <05921> each <0259> shield <06793>.
17He also made three <07969> hundred <03967> small shields <04043> of hammered <07820> gold <02091>; three <07969> minas <04488> of gold <02091> were used <05927> for <05921> each <0259> of these shields <04043>. The king <04428> placed <05414> them in the Palace <01004> of the Lebanon <03844> Forest <03293>.
18The king <04428> made <06213> a large <01419> throne <03678> decorated with ivory <08127> and overlaid <06823> it with pure <06338> gold <02091>.
19There were six <08337> steps <04609> leading up to the throne <03678>, and the back of it was rounded <05696> on top <07218>. The throne <03678> had two <08147> armrests <07675> <04725> with a statue of a lion <0738> standing <05975> on each side <0681>.
20There <08033> were twelve <06240> <08147> statues of lions <0738> on <05921> the six <08337> steps <04609>, one lion at each end <02088> of each step <02088>. There was nothing <03808> like <03651> it in any <03605> other kingdom <04467>.
21All <03605> of King <04428> Solomon’s <08010> cups <04945> <03627> were made of gold <02091>, and all <03605> the household items <03627> in the Palace <01004> of the Lebanon <03844> Forest <03293> were made of pure <05462> gold <02091>. There were no <0369> silver <03701> items, for silver was not <03808> considered <02803> very valuable <03972> in Solomon’s <08010> time <03117>.
22Along <03588> with <05973> Hiram’s <02438> fleet <0590>, the king <04428> had a fleet <0590> of large merchant ships <08659> that sailed the sea <03220>. Once every <0259> three <07969> years <08141> the fleet <0590> came into <0935> port <08659> with cargoes <05375> of gold <02091>, silver <03701>, ivory <08143>, apes <06971>, and peacocks <08500>.
23King <04428> Solomon <08010> was wealthier <06239> and wiser <02451> than any <03605> of the kings <04428> of the earth <0776>.
24Everyone <03605> in the world <0776> wanted <01245> to <06440> visit Solomon <08010> to see <08085> him display his God-given <0430> <05414> wisdom <02451>.
25Year <08141> after year <08141> visitors <0376> brought <0935> their <01992> gifts <04503>, which included items <03627> of silver <03701>, items <03627> of gold <02091>, clothes <08008>, perfume <05402>, spices <01314>, horses <05483>, and mules <06505>.
26Solomon <08010> accumulated <0622> chariots <07393> and horses <06571>. He had <01961> 1,400 <03967> <0702> <0505> chariots <07393> and 12,000 <0505> <06240> <08147> horses <06571>. He kept <05148> them in assigned cities <05892> and in <05973> Jerusalem <03389>.
27The king <04428> made <05414> silver <03701> as plentiful in Jerusalem <03389> as stones <068>; cedar <0730> was <05414> as plentiful <07230> as sycamore fig trees <08256> are in the lowlands <08219>.
28Solomon <08010> acquired <04161> his horses <05483> from Egypt <04714> and from Que <04723>; the king’s <04428> traders <05503> purchased <04242> <03947> them from Que <04723>.
29They paid <03318> <05927> 600 <03967> <08337> silver pieces <03701> for each chariot <04818> from Egypt <04714> and 150 <03967> <02572> silver pieces for each horse <05483>. They also <03651> sold <03318> <03027> chariots and horses to all <03605> the kings <04428> of the Hittites <02850> and to the kings <04428> of Syria <0758>.