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the foundation of the house of the Lord, vntill it violes for singers: and there was no such seene
was finished: so the house of the Lord was perfite. before in the lande of Iudah. 12 And King Salomon
17 Then went Salomon to Ezion-geber, and to gaue to the Queene of Sheba euery pleasant thing
Eloth by the sea side in the lande of Edom. 18 And that she asked, besides for that which she had
Huram sent him by the handes of his seruants, brought vnto the King: so she returned and went
shippes, and seruants that had knowledge of the to her owne countrey, both she, and her seruants.
sea: and they went with the seruants of Salomon 13 Also the weight of golde that came to Salomon
to Ophir, and brought thence foure hundreth and in one yeere, was sixe hundreth three score and
fiftie talents of golde, and brought them to King sixe talents of golde, 14 Besides that which chap-
Salomon. men and marchants brought: and all the Kings of
Arabia, and the princes of the countrey brought
9 golde and siluer to Salomon. 15 And King Salomon
1 And when the Queene of Sheba heard of the made two hundreth targets of beaten golde, and
fame of Salomon, she came to proue Salomon sixe hundreth shekels of beaten golde went to
with hard questions at Ierusalem, with a very one target, 16 And three hundreth shieldes of
great traine, and camels that bare sweete odours beaten golde: three hundreth shekels of golde
and much golde, and precious stones: and when went to one shielde, and the King put them in
she came to Salomon, she communed with him of the house of the wood of Lebanon. 17 And the
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all that was in her heart. And Salomon declared King made a great throne of yuorie and ouerlaid
her all her questions, and there was nothing hid it with pure golde. 18 And the throne had sixe
from Salomon, which he declared not vnto her. steppes, with a footestoole of gold fastened to
3 Then the Queene of Sheba sawe the wisedome the throne, and stayes on either side on the
of Salomon, and the house that he had buylt, place of the seate, and two lyons standing by the
4 And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his stayes. 19 And twelue lyons stoode there on the
seruants, and the order of his wayters, and their sixe steps on either side: there was not the like
apparel, and his butlers, and their apparel, and made in any kingdome. 20 And all King Salomons
his burnt offrings which he offred in the house drinking vessels were of golde, and all the vessels
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of the Lord, and she was greatly astonied. And of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of
she saide to the King, It was a true worde which pure gold: for siluer was nothing esteemed in ye
I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and dayes of Salomon. 21 For the Kings ships went
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of thy wisedome: Howbeit I beleeued not their to Tarshish with the seruants of Huram, euery
report, vntil I came, and mine eyes had seene it: three yeere once came the ships of Tarshish, and
and beholde, the one halfe of thy great wisedom brought golde, and siluer, yuorie, and apes, and
was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame peacockes. 22 So King Salomon excelled all the
that I heard. 7 Happie are thy men, and happie Kings of the earth in riches and wisedome. 23 And
are these thy seruants, which stande before thee all the Kings of the earth sought the presence
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alway, and heare thy wisedome. Blessed be the of Salomon, to heare his wisedome that God had
Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on put in his heart. 24 And they brought euery
his throne as King, in the steade of the Lord thy man his present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of
God: because thy God loueth Israel, to establish golde, and raiment, armour, and sweet odours,
it for euer, therefore hath he made thee King horses, and mules, from yeere to yeere. 25 And Sa-
ouer them, to execute iudgement and iustice. lomon had foure thousand stalles of horses, and
9 Then she gaue the King sixe score talents of charets, and twelue thousand horsmen, whom
golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much he bestowed in the charet cities, and with the
and precious stones: neither was there such King at Ierusalem. 26 And he reigned ouer all the
sweete odours since, as the Queene of Sheba gaue Kings from the Riuer euen vnto the land of the
vnto King Salomon. 10 And the seruants also Philistims, and to the border of Egypt. 27 And
of Huram, and the seruants of Salomon which the King gaue siluer in Ierusalem, as stones, and
brought golde from Ophir, brought Algummim gaue cedar trees as the wilde fig trees, that are
wood and precious stones. 11 And the King made aboundant in the plaine. 28 And they brought
of the Algummim wood staires in the house of vnto Salomon horses out of Egypt, and out of
the Lord, and in the Kings house, and harpes and all landes. 29 Concerning the rest of the actes of