1 ¶ When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, accompanied by many attendants, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she came to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

2 And Solomon answered all her questions: and there was nothing hidden from him that he could not explain to her.

3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the palace that he had built,

4 And the food on his table, how his officers sat, and the attendance of his servants, and their attire; and also his cupbearers, and their attire; and the burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the LORD; it left her breathless.

5 And she said to the king, The report which I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom, was true:

6 However I did not believe it, until I came, and saw it for myself: and, behold, I was not told one half of the greatness of your wisdom: for you surpass the report that I heard.

7 Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.

8 Blessed is the LORD your God, who delighted in you to set you on his throne, to be king for the LORD your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore he made you king over them, to execute justice and righteousness.

9 And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very large quantity of spices, and precious stones: nor were there any spices comparable to what the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

10 And the servants of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.

11 And the king made of the algum trees walks to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and none such were ever seen before in the land of Judah.

12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything she asked for, in addition to the equivalent of what she had brought to the king. So she turned, and she and her servants returned to her own land.

13 ¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold;

14 Besides that which traveling merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15 And king Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one shield.

16 Also three hundred small shields of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold to cover each shield. And the king put them in the palace of the forest of Lebanon.

17 Moreover the king made a great ivory throne, and overlaid it with pure gold.

18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a gold footstool, that was fastened to the throne, and armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing by the armrests:

19 And twelve lions stood there on the six steps one on each end of the six steps. Nothing like this had been made in any other kingdom.

20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; for silver was not considered precious in the days of Solomon.

21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years the ships used to come from Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

22 And king Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

23 And all the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon, to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

24 And each of them brought his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, raiment, harness, spices, horses, and mules, and so it went year after year.

25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

26 And he reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, and the border of Egypt.

27 And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and cedar wood as plentiful as the sycamore trees that grow in abundance in the lowlands.

28 And they brought to Solomon horses from Egypt, and from all lands.

29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from the first to the last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and in visions of Iddo the seer in regard to Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all of Israel for forty years.

31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.