1 Kings 10 (NET)

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1 Kings 10:1¹When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:2²She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:3³Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:4⁴When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s extensive wisdom, the palace he had built,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:5⁵the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants, their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord ’s temple, she was amazed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:6⁶She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:7⁷I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:8⁸Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:9⁹May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord ’s eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:10¹⁰She gave the king 120 talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:11¹¹(Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:12¹²With the timber the king made supports for the Lord ’s temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day. )Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:13¹³King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:14¹⁴Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:15¹⁵besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:16¹⁶King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of gold were used for each shield.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:17¹⁷He also made 300 small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:18¹⁸The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:19¹⁹There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:20²⁰There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:21²¹All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:22²²Along with Hiram’s fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:23²³King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:24²⁴Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:25²⁵Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:26²⁶Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:27²⁷The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:28²⁸Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king’s traders purchased them from Que.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 10:29²⁹They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions