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land about your words and your wisdom. Once every three years the merchant ships
7 However I did not believe the words until I came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and
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came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed monkeys. So King Solomon surpassed all the
the half was not told me. Your wisdom and kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard. 24 Now all the earth sought the presence of
8 Happy are your men and happy are these Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had
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your servants, who stand continually before put in his heart. Each man brought his pres-
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you and hear your wisdom! Blessed be the ent: articles of silver and gold, garments,
LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate
you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD year by year.
has loved Israel forever, therefore He made
you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
10 Then she gave the king one hundred and
twenty talents of gold, spices in great quantity, 10:25 silver and gold…horses. The wisdom
and precious stones. There never again came God had given to Solomon (v.24) caused many
such abundance of spices as the queen of rulers, like the queen of Sheba (vv. 1–13), to
Sheba gave to King Solomon. Also, the ships bring presents to Solomon as they sought to
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of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, buy his wisdom to be applied in their own
brought great quantities of almug wood and nations.These gifts led Solomon to multiply for
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precious stones from Ophir. And the king himself horses, as well as silver and gold, pre-
made steps of the almug wood for the house of cisely that which God’s king was warned
the LORD and for the king’s house, also harps against in Deuteronomy 17:16,17. Solomon
and stringed instruments for singers. There became ensnared by the blessings of his own
never again came such almug wood, nor has wisdom and disobeyed God’s commands.
the like been seen to this day.
13 Now King Solomon gave the queen of
Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, 26 And Solomon gathered chariots and horse-
besides what Solomon had given her according men; he had one thousand four hundred char-
to the royal generosity. So she turned and went iots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he
to her own country, she and her servants. stationed in the chariot cities and with the
14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon king at Jerusalem. The king made silver as
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yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made
gold, besides that from the traveling mer- cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores
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chants, from the income of traders, from all which are in the lowland.
the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of 28 Also Solomon had horses imported from
the country. Egypt and Keveh; the king’s merchants
16 And King Solomon made two hundred bought them in Keveh at the current price.
large shields of hammered gold; six hundred 29 Now a chariot that was imported from Egypt
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shekels of gold went into each shield. He also cost six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse
made three hundred shields of hammered one hundred and fifty; and thus, through their
gold; three minas of gold went into each agents, they exported them to all the kings of
shield. The king put them in the House of the the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
Forest of Lebanon.
18 Moreover the king made a great throne of Psalm 69:1–4
ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. The To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.”
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throne had six steps, and the top of the throne A Psalm of David.
was round at the back; there were armrests on
either side of the place of the seat, and two S ave me, O God!
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lions stood beside the armrests. Twelve lions For the waters have come up to my neck.
2 I sink in deep mire,
stood there, one on each side of the six steps;
nothing like this had been made for any other Where there is no standing;
kingdom. I have come into deep waters,
21 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were Where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary with my crying;
gold, and all the vessels of the House of the My throat is dry;
Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in
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the days of Solomon. For the king had mer- 4 Those who hate me without a cause
chant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Are more than the hairs of my head;
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