2 Chronicles 9

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with subtle questions, accompanied by a very numerous retinue and by camels bearing spices, much gold, and precious stones. She came to Solomon and questioned him on every subject in which she was interested.	1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Solomon explained to her everything she asked about, and there remained nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her.	2 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
3 When the queen of Sheba witnessed Solomon's wisdom, the palace he had built,	3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
4 the food at his table, the seating of his ministers, the attendance of his servants and their dress, his cupbearers and their dress, and the holocausts he offered in the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.	4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
5 "The account I heard in my country about your deeds and your wisdom is true," she told the king.	5 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
6 "Yet I did not believe the report until I came and saw with my own eyes. I have discovered that they did not tell me the half of your great wisdom; you have surpassed the stories I heard.	6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7 Happy are your men, happy these servants of yours, who stand before you always and listen to your wisdom.	7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be the LORD, your God, who has been so pleased with you as to place you on his throne as king for the LORD, your God. Because your God has so loved Israel as to will to make it last forever, he has appointed you over them as king to administer right and justice."	8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
9 Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty gold talents and a very large quantity of spices, as well as precious stones. There was no other spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.	9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
10 The servants of Huram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought cabinet wood and precious stones.	10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
11 With the cabinet wood the king made stairs for the temple of the LORD and the palace of the king; also lyres and harps for the chanters. The like of these had not been seen before in the land of Judah.	11 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she desired and asked him for, more than she had brought to the king. Then she returned to her own country with her servants.	12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
13 The gold that Solomon received each year weighed six hundred and sixty-six gold talents,	13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
14 in addition to what was collected from travelers and what the merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia also, and the governors of the country, brought gold and silver to Solomon.	14 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 Moreover, King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, six hundred shekels of beaten gold going into each shield,	15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
16 and three hundred bucklers of beaten gold, three hundred shekels of gold going into each buckler; these the king put in the hall of the Forest of Lebanon.	16 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17 King Solomon also made a large ivory throne which he overlaid with fine gold.	17 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 The throne had six steps; a footstool of gold was fastened to it, and there was an arm on each side of the seat, with two lions standing beside the arms.	18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19 Twelve other lions also stood there, one on either side of each step. Nothing like this had ever been produced in any other kingdom.	19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20 Furthermore, all of King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the utensils in the hall of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered of value in Solomon's time.	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; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
21 For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram. Once every three years the fleet of Tarshish would return with a cargo of gold and silver, ivory, apes and monkeys.	21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 Thus King Solomon surpassed all the other kings of the earth in riches as well as in wisdom.	22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon, to hear from him the wisdom which God had put in his heart.	23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24 Year in and year out, each one would bring his tribute-silver and gold articles, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules.	24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25 Solomon also had four thousand stalls of horses, chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he assigned to the chariot cities and to the king in Jerusalem.	25 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26 He was ruler over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines and down to the border of Egypt.	26 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, while cedars became as numerous as the sycamores of the foothills.	27 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
28 Horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all the lands.	28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29 The rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are written, as is well known, in the acts of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer which concern Jeroboam, son of Nebat.	29 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 seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.	30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 He rested with his ancestors; he was buried in his father's City of David, and his son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.	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 stead.