¹² And Samson said to them, ^(A)“Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within ^(B)the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty ^(C)changes of clothes,

^2 (A)“Son of man, ^(B)propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

The Queen of Sheba

10 ^(A)Now when ^(B)the queen of ^(C)Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came ^(D)to test him with hard questions.

²² To each and all of them he gave ^(A)a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels^[a] of silver and ^(B)five changes of clothes.

²² And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me to say, ‘There have just now come to me from ^(A)the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and ^(B)two changes of clothing.’”

⁵ And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

So he went, ^(A)taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels^[a] of gold, and ten ^(B)changes of clothing.

^2 (A)Your riches have rotted and ^(B)your garments are moth-eaten.

¹² For ^(A)now we see in a mirror dimly, but ^(B)then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as ^(C)I have been fully known.