1 Kings 10 The Queen of Sheba Comes to Visit Solomon

 1 Kings 10

The Queen of Sheba Comes to Visit Solomon

1-Now when the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with riddles.

2-And she came to Jerusalem with a very great army, with camels laden with spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.

3-And Solomon told her all his words: there was nothing hidden from the king, that he did not tell him.

4-And when the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

5-And the food on his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the arrangement of his attendants, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more breath in her.

6-And she said to the king, The report that I heard in my land of your works and your wisdom was true.

7-But I did not believe those words until I came and my eyes saw it; behold, they did not say half of it; you have surpassed in wisdom and wealth the fame that I heard.

8-Blessed are your men, and blessed are these your servants who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom!

9-Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.

10-And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices and precious stones; never had spices come in such abundance as that which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

11-Also the navies of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir very much almug wood and precious stones. 12- And from this almug wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for singers. There was no such almug wood, nor has it been seen to this day.

13 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all that she desired, besides what he gave her according to the abundance of King Solomon. Then she returned and went to her own land, she and her servants.