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And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the
altar which he built unto the L
ORD
, and he burnt incense upon the altar that
was
before the L
ORD
.
So he finished the house.
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And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore
of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
27
And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had
knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
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And they came to Ophir, and fetched from
thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought
it
to king Solomon.
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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the L
ORD
, she
came to prove him with hard questions.
2
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with
camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to
Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3
And Solomon told her all her
questions: there was not
any
thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
4
And when the queen
of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5
And the meat of his
table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his
cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the L
ORD
; there was no more
spirit in her.
6
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy
acts and of thy wisdom.
7
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen
it:
and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I
heard.
8
Happy
are
thy men, happy
are
these thy servants, which stand continually before thee,
and
that hear thy wisdom.
9
Blessed be the L
ORD
thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the
throne of Israel: because the L
ORD
loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment
and justice.
10
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very
great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the
queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir,
brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
12
And the king made of
the almug trees pillars for the house of the L
ORD
, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries
for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
13
And king Solomon
gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside
that
which Solomon gave
her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
14
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and
six talents of gold.
15
Beside
that he had
of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice
merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
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