Chronological
10 1 The Queen of Sheba cometh to hear the wisdom of Solomon. 18 His royal throne. 23 His power and magnificence.
1 And the (A)Queen of [a]Sheba hearing the fame of Solomon (concerning the Name of the Lord) came to prove him with hard questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, and camels that bare sweet odors, and gold exceeding much, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon declared unto her all her questions: nothing was hid from the king, which he expounded not unto her.
4 Then the Queen of Sheba saw all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5 And the [b]meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the order of his ministers, and their apparel, and his drinking vessels, and his burnt offerings, that he offered in the house of the Lord, and [c]she was greatly astonied.
6 And she said unto the King, It was a true word that I heard in mine own land of thy sayings, and of thy wisdom.
7 Howbeit I believed not this report, till I came, and had seen it with mine eyes: but lo, the one half was not told me: for thou hast more wisdom and prosperity, than I have heard by report.
8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand ever before thee, and hear thy [d]wisdom.
9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which [e]loved thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel forever, and made thee king to do [f]equity and righteousness.
10 And she gave the king sixscore talents of gold, and of sweet odors exceeding much, and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of sweet odors, as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 The navy also of Hiram (that carried gold from Ophir) brought likewise great plenty of (B)Almuggim trees from Ophir, and precious stones.
12 And the king made of the Almuggim trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s palace, and made harps and psalteries for singers. There came no more such Almuggim trees, nor were any more seen unto this day.
13 And King Solomon gave unto the Queen of Sheba, whatsoever she would ask, besides that, which Solomon gave her of his [g]kingly liberality: so she returned and went to her own country, both she and her servants.
14 ¶ Also the weight of gold, that came to Solomon in one year, was six hundred threescore and six (C)talents of gold,
15 Besides that he had of merchant men and of the merchandises of them that sold spices, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the princes of the [h]country.
16 And King Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold, six hundred shekels of gold went to a target:
17 And three hundred shields of beaten gold, three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the King put them in the (D)house of the wood of Lebanon.
18 ¶ Then the King made a great throne of ivory, and covered it with the best gold.
19 And the throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind, and there were [i]stays on either side on the place of the throne, and two lions standing by the stays.
20 And there stood twelve lions on the six steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
21 And all King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold, none were of silver: for it was nothing esteemed in the days of Solomon
22 For the King had on the sea the navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of [j]Tarshish, and brought gold and silver, ivory, and apes and peacocks.
23 So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth both in riches and in wisdom.
24 And all the world sought to see Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart,
25 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and sweet odors, horses and mules, from year to year.
26 Then Solomon gathered together (E)chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he placed in the chariot cities, and with the King at Jerusalem.
27 And the King [k]gave silver in Jerusalem as stones, and gave cedars as the wild fig trees that grow abundantly in the plain.
28 Also Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and fine linen: [l]the king’s merchants received the linen for a price.
29 There came up and went out of Egypt some chariot worth six hundred shekels of silver: that is, one horse, an hundred and fifty. And thus they brought horses to all the Kings of the Hittites and to the Kings of Aram by their [m]means.
11 3 Solomon hath a thousand wives and concubines, which bring him to idolatry. 14 His God raiseth up adversaries against him. 43 He dieth.
1 But King Solomon loved (F)many [n]outlandish women: both the daughter of Pharaoh, and the women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, and Heth,
2 Of the nations, whereof the Lord had said unto the children of Israel, (G)Go not ye in to them, nor let them come in to you: for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods, to them, I say, did Solomon join in love.
3 And he had seven hundred wives, that were [o]princesses, and three hundred [p]concubines, and his wives turned away his heart.
4 For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, so that his heart was not [q]perfect with the Lord his God as was the heart of David his father.
5 For Solomon followed (H)Ashtoreth the god of the Sidonians, and [r]Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 So Solomon wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord, but continued not to follow the Lord, as did David his father.
7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the [s]abomination of Moab, in the mountain that is over against Jerusalem, and unto Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon.
8 And so did he for all his outlandish wives, which burnt incense and offered unto their gods.
9 Therefore the Lord was angry with Solomon, because he had turned his heart from the Lord God of Israel, (I)which had appeared unto him twice,
10 And had given him a (J)charge concerning this thing, that he should not follow other gods: but he kept not that, which the Lord had commanded him.
11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as [t]this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my Covenant, and my statutes (which I commanded thee) (K)I will surely rent thy kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, because of David thy father, but I will rent it out of the hand of thy son:
13 Howbeit I will not rent all the kingdom, but will give one [u]tribe to thy son, because of David my servant, and because of Jerusalem which I have chosen.
14 ¶ Then the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, even Hadad the Edomite, of the king’s [v]seed, which was in Edom.
15 (L)For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host had smitten all the males in Edom, and was gone up to bury the [w]slain,
16 (For six months did Joab remain there and all Israel, till he had destroyed all the males in Edom.)
17 Then this Hadad [x]fled, and certain other Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran, and took men with them out of Paran, and came to Egypt unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, which gave him an house, and appointed him vittles and gave him land.
19 So Hadad [y]found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, and he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, even the sister of Tahpenes the Queen.
20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.
21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
22 But Pharaoh said unto him, What hast thou lacked with me, that thou wouldest thus go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing, but in any wise let me go.
23 ¶ (M)And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which [z]fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
24 And he gathered men unto him, and had been captain over the company, when David slew them. And they went to Damascus, and dwelt there, [aa]and they made him king in Damascus.
25 Therefore was he an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon: besides the evil that Hadad did, he also abhorred Israel, and reigned over Aram
26 ¶ (N)And Jeroboam the son of Nebat an Ephraimite of Zereda Solomon’s servant (whose mother was called Zeruah a widow) lifted up his hand against the king.
27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king, When Solomon built Millo, he repaired the broken places of the city of David his father.
28 And this man Jeroboam was a man of strength and courage, and Solomon seeing that the young man was meet for the work, he made him [ab]overseer of all the labor of the house of Joseph.
29 And at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way, having a new garment on him, and they two were alone in the field.
30 Then Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and [ac]rent it in twelve pieces,
31 And said to Jeroboam, Take unto thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will rent the kingdom out of the hands of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee.
32 But he shall have one tribe for my servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel,
33 Because they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the god of the Sidonians, and Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in my ways (to [ad]do right in mine eyes, and my statutes, and my laws) as did David his father.
34 But I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: for I will make him prince all his life long for David my servant’s sake, whom I have chosen, and who kept my commandments and my statutes.
35 (O)But I will take the kingdom out of his son’s hand, and will give it unto thee, even the ten tribes.
36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a [ae]light always before me in Jerusalem the city, which I have chosen me to put my Name there.
37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign [af]even as thine heart desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
38 And if thou hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments as David my servant did, then will I be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built unto David, and will give Israel unto thee.
39 And I will [ag]for this afflict the seed of David, [ah]but not forever.
40 ¶ Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam, and Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
41 And the rest of the words of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the [ai]book of the acts of Solomon?
42 The time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel, was (P)forty years.
43 And Solomon slept with his fathers: and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
9 1, 9 The Queen of Sheba cometh to see Solomon, and bringeth gifts. 13 His yearly revenues. 30 The time of his reign. 31 His death.
1 And (A)when the Queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to [a]prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bare sweet odors and much gold, and precious stones: and when she came to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2 And Solomon declared her all her questions, and there was [b]nothing hid from Solomon, which he declared not unto her.
3 Then the Queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
4 And the meat 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 [c]burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was greatly [d]astonied.
5 And she said to the King, It was a true word which I heard in mine own land of thy [e]sayings, and of thy wisdom:
6 Howbeit, I believed not their report, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and behold, the one half of thy great wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.
8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which loved thee, to set thee on his [f]throne as king, in the stead of the Lord thy God: because thy God loveth Israel, to establish it forever, therefore hath he made thee king over them, to execute judgments and justice.
9 Then she gave the King sixscore talents of gold, and of sweet odors exceedingly much, and precious stones: neither was there such sweet odors since, as the Queen of Sheba gave unto King Solomon.
10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon which brought gold from Ophir, brought [g]Algummim wood and precious stones.
11 And the King made of the Algummim wood [h]stairs in the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and harps and viols for singers: and there was no such seen before in the land of Judah.
12 And King Solomon gave to the Queen of Sheba every pleasant thing that she asked, [i]besides for that which she had brought unto the king: so she returned and went to her own country, both she, and her servants.
13 ¶ Also the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year, was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
14 Besides that which chapmen 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 targets of beaten gold, and [j]six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
16 And three hundred shields of beaten gold: three hundred [k]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 [l]fastened to the throne, and stays on either side on the place of the seats, and two lions standing by the [m]stays.
19 And twelve lions stood there on the six steps on either side: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
20 And all King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the wood of Lebanon were of pure gold: for silver was nothing esteemed in the days of Solomon.
21 For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, every three years once came the ships of [n]Tarshish, and brought gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22 So king Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 And all the Kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom that God had put in his heart.
24 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and sweet odors, horses, and mules, from year to year.
25 And Solomon had [o]four thousand stalls of horses, and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26 And he reigned over all the kings from the [p]River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27 And the king gave silver in Jerusalem, [q]as stones, and gave cedar trees as the wild fig trees, that are abundant in the plain.
28 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29 Concerning the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the Prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of [r]Iddo the Seer [s]against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 And Solomon (B)slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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