FIRST
KINGS
1 Kings Chapter 10
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¶ When the queen of
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And she arrived in
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And Solomon answered all her questions: there was nothing hidden from the king,
which he could not explain to her.
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And when the queen of
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And the food on his table, and the seating of his officials, and the attendance
of his servants, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which
he went up to the house of the LORD; it took her breath away.
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And she said to the king, It was a true report that I
heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom.
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However I did not believe the report, until I came, and saw it with my
own eyes: and, honestly, I was not told half of it: your wisdom and prosperity
exceeds the report that I heard.
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Your men, and your servants, who continually stand before you, and hear your
wisdom are fortunate.
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Blessed is the LORD your God, who delights in you, to set you on the throne of
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And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great
store of spices, and precious stones: never again did such a quantity of spices
arrive as those which the queen of
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And the fleet of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir,
brought from Ophir a large quantity of algum wood, and precious stones.
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And the king made the algum wood into pillars for the
house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, and into lyres and harps
for the singers: never before has such algum wood
come, or been seen to this day.
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And king Solomon gave the queen of
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¶ Now the weight of gold that Solomon received in one
year weighed six hundred and sixty-six talents,
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Besides what the traders brought, and the traffic of the spice merchants, and
from all the kings of
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And king Solomon made two hundred large shields of
beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went into each large shield.
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of
gold went into each shield: and the king put them in the house of the
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The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
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The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was rounded in the
back: and there were arm rests on either side of the seat, and two lions
stood beside the arm rests.
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And twelve lions stood there one on either side of the six steps: there was nothing
like it in any kingdom.
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And all of king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of
gold, and all the vessels of the house of the
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For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea
with the fleet of Hiram: once every three years the fleet of Tarshish arrived, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and
apes, and peacocks.
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in
riches and in wisdom.
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And the whole world sought out Solomon, to hear the wisdom, which God had put
in his heart.
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And every man brought his present, vessels of silver, vessels of gold,
garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, so much each year.
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And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had one thousand
and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in
the cities for chariots, and with the king at
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And the king made silver as common in
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And Solomon had horses brought from
29. And a chariot could be purchased from