The Queen of Sheba
(1 Kings 10:1–13)

1And the queen of Sheba heard about the report of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with difficult questions, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones.

And she came to Solomon, and she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. 2And Solomon declared to her all her questions, and not a thing was concealed from Solomon that he could not explain to her.

3And the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 4and the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the service of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and their apparel, and the burnt offerings that he presented† at the house of YHWH; and there was no breath in her anymore.

5And she said to the king, “True is the word that I heard in my land about your words† and your wisdom. 6I did not believe their words until that I came and saw with my own eyes. And behold, it was not told to me the half of the greatness of your wisdom! You have added to the report that I heard. 7How blessed are your men! And How blessed are your servants, these who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom! 8YHWH your God be blessed, who delighted in you to set you on His throne as king for YHWH your God. Because your God has loved Israel to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them to do justice and righteousness.”

9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold,† and spices in great abundance, and precious stones. And there were no spices such as that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

10(And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir brought algum† wood and precious stones. 11And the king made the algum wood steps† for the house of YHWH, and for the house of the king, and lyres and harps for the singers; and nothing like these had been seen before in the land of Judah.)

12And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, apart from that which she had brought to the king. And she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor
(1 Kings 10:14–29)

13And the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,† 14apart from what the men, the travelers, and the merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold (six hundred hammered shekels of gold† went into one shield), 16and three hundred shields of hammered gold (three hundred shekels of gold† went into one shield). And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

17And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18And six steps were to the throne, and a footstool of gold, fastened to the throne, and hands on this side and on this on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests. 19And twelve lions stood there on the six steps on this side and on this. Nothing thus had been made for any kingdom.

20And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon pure gold. Silver was not accounted for anything in the days of Solomon. 21For ships of the king went to Tarshish† with the servants of Huram;† once in three years the ships of Tarshish† came bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.†

22And King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart. 24And they brought, each man, his present, articles of silver, and articles gold, and garments, armor and spices, horses and mules, a matter of year by year.

25And there were unto Solomon four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses;† and he stationed them in cities of the chariot and with the king at Jerusalem. 26And he reigned over all the kings from the River† even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt. 27And the king made the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees he made as abundant as the sycamores that are in the Shephelah.† 28And they brought to Solomon horses from Egypt, and from all the lands.

The Death of Solomon
(1 Kings 11:41–43)

29And the rest of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written in the Words of Nathan the Prophet, and in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat? 30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31And Solomon rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.