1 Rois 10:1-13
Segond 21
Visite de la reine de Séba
10 La reine de Séba apprit quelle était la réputation de Salomon, à la gloire de l'Eternel, et elle vint pour le mettre à l'épreuve par des énigmes. 2 Elle arriva à Jérusalem avec une suite très nombreuse, avec des chameaux chargés d’aromates, d'or en très grande quantité et de pierres précieuses. Elle se rendit auprès de Salomon et lui exposa toutes ses réflexions. 3 Salomon répondit à toutes ses questions; il n'y eut aucun mystère pour le roi: il lui expliqua tout.
4 La reine de Séba vit toute la sagesse de Salomon, le palais qu'il avait construit, 5 les plats servis à sa table, le lieu d’habitation de ses serviteurs, les fonctions et les tenues de ceux qui le servaient, ses responsables des boissons ainsi que les holocaustes qu'il offrait dans la maison de l'Eternel. Elle en eut le souffle coupé 6 et dit au roi: «C'était donc vrai, ce que j'ai appris dans mon pays au sujet de ta situation et de ta sagesse! 7 Je ne le croyais pas avant de venir et de le voir de mes yeux. Et l’on ne m'en avait même pas raconté la moitié! Tu as plus de sagesse et de prospérité que je ne l’avais appris par la rumeur. 8 Heureux tes hommes, heureux tes serviteurs, puisqu’ils sont constamment devant toi et peuvent bénéficier de ta sagesse! 9 Béni soit l'Eternel, ton Dieu, qui t'a choisi pour te placer sur le trône d'Israël! C'est parce que l'Eternel aime éternellement Israël qu'il t'a établi roi pour que tu exerces le droit et la justice.»
10 Elle donna au roi plus de 3 tonnes et demie d'or, une très grande quantité d'aromates et des pierres précieuses. Il ne vint plus autant d'aromates que la reine de Séba en donna au roi Salomon.
11 Les bateaux de Hiram qui rapportèrent de l'or d'Ophir ramenèrent aussi une grande quantité de bois de santal et des pierres précieuses. 12 Avec ce bois de santal, le roi fit des balustrades pour la maison de l'Eternel et pour le palais royal, ainsi que des harpes et des luths pour les musiciens. Il ne vint plus de ce bois de santal et l’on n'en a plus vu jusqu'à aujourd’hui.
13 Le roi Salomon donna à la reine de Séba tout ce qu'elle désira, ce qu'elle demanda. Il lui fit en outre des cadeaux dignes d'un roi tel que lui. Puis elle repartit et rentra dans son pays avec ses serviteurs.
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1 Kings 10:1-13
New International Version
The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon(A)
10 When the queen of Sheba(B) heard about the fame(C) of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.(D) 2 Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan(E)—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind. 3 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her. 4 When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built, 5 the food on his table,(F) the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at[a] the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.
6 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. 7 But I did not believe(G) these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth(H) you have far exceeded the report I heard. 8 How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear(I) your wisdom! 9 Praise(J) be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love(K) for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice(L) and righteousness.”
10 And she gave the king 120 talents[b] of gold,(M) large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
11 (Hiram’s ships brought gold from Ophir;(N) and from there they brought great cargoes of almugwood[c] and precious stones. 12 The king used the almugwood to make supports[d] for the temple of the Lord and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almugwood has never been imported or seen since that day.)
13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 10:5 Or the ascent by which he went up to
- 1 Kings 10:10 That is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons
- 1 Kings 10:11 Probably a variant of algumwood; also in verse 12
- 1 Kings 10:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
1 Kings 10:1-13
King James Version
10 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, 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 Lord; 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 Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord 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 Lord, 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.
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