2 Chronicles 8:17-9:18

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁷ Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Eloth by the Seaside, in the land of Edom.

¹⁸ And by the hands of his servants, Huram sent him ships and servants who had knowledge of the sea. And they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and brought four hundred fifty talents of gold from there, and brought them to King Solomon.

9 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came with a very great train, and camels that bore sweet odors and much gold and precious stones, to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions. And when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart.

² And Solomon answered all her questions. And there was nothing hidden from Solomon which he did not tell her.

³ Then the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the House that he had built,

⁴ and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the order of his waiters, and their apparel, and his butlers, and their apparel, and his Burnt Offerings which he offered in the House of the LORD. And she was greatly astonished.

⁵ And she said to the king, “It was a true word which I heard in my own land of your sayings, and of your wisdom!

⁶ “However, I did not believe their report until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, one half of your great wisdom was not told to me! You exceed the fame that I heard!

⁷ “Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants who stand before you always and hear your wisdom.

⁸ “Blessed be the LORD your God! Who loved you, setting you on His throne as king in the place of the LORD your God! Because your God loves Israel, to establish it forever, He has therefore made you king over them, to execute judgments and justice.”

⁹ Then she gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and an abundance of sweet odors, and precious stones. Never were there such sweet odors as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

¹⁰ And also the servants of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought Algummim wood and precious stones.

¹¹ And the king made from the Algummim wood stairs in the House of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and harps and viols for singers. And there was no such thing seen before in the land of Judah.

¹² And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba every pleasant thing that she asked, more than that which she had brought to the king. So she returned and went to her own country, she and her servants.

¹³ Also, the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

¹⁴ besides that which traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia, and the princes of the country, brought gold and silver to Solomon.

¹⁵ And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one large shield.

¹⁶ And for three hundred shields of beaten gold, three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the wood of Lebanon.

¹⁷ And the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

¹⁸ And the throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold fastened to the throne and supports on either side on the place of the seats, and two lions standing by the supports.