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    1 Kings 10

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    In Solomon’s Jerusalem, silver is so common that it is treated as nothing, while one year’s gold arrives with the oddly exact weight of 666 talents—and his ships bring home apes and peacocks along with ivory and precious metals.

    The queen arrives with questions, and leaves with rather more than answersvv. 1–13

    The queen of Sheba comes to test Solomon with difficult questions, bringing camels, spices, gold, and precious stones. Solomon answers everything; then she surveys his palace, table, servants, attendants, cupbearers, and offerings, and finds that the report had been modest. She gives him 120 talents of gold, spices in unprecedented abundance, and precious stones. A parenthesis then sends Hiram’s fleet to Ophir for almug wood and precious stones, before Solomon gives the queen whatever she desires and she returns home with her servants.

    When silver becomes ordinary, the throne grows lionsvv. 14–29

    Solomon’s yearly gold is counted with remarkable precision: 666 talents, before the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors have had their say. Gold shields, an ivory throne overlaid with gold, twelve lions on six steps, and golden drinking cups follow; silver, meanwhile, is demoted to the level of paving material. The ships of Tarshish arrive every three years with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. Solomon surpasses the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom, gathers chariots and horses, and imports horses and chariots from Egypt and Kue for trade with the kings of the Hittites and Aram.

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    1. 1 Kgs 10:1Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.

    2. 1 Kgs 10:2She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.

    3. 1 Kgs 10:3And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for the king to explain.

    4. 1 Kgs 10:4When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

    5. 1 Kgs 10:5the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

    6. 1 Kgs 10:6She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

    7. 1 Kgs 10:7But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.

    8. 1 Kgs 10:8How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

    9. 1 Kgs 10:9Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

    10. 1 Kgs 10:10Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    11. 1 Kgs 10:11(The fleet of Hiram that brought gold from Ophir also brought from Ophir a great cargo of almug wood and precious stones.

    12. 1 Kgs 10:12The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)

    13. 1 Kgs 10:13King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

    14. 1 Kgs 10:14The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

    15. 1 Kgs 10:15not including the revenue from the merchants, traders, and all the Arabian kings and governors of the land.

    16. 1 Kgs 10:16King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

    17. 1 Kgs 10:17He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

    18. 1 Kgs 10:18Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

    19. 1 Kgs 10:19The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

    20. 1 Kgs 10:20Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

    21. 1 Kgs 10:21All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

    22. 1 Kgs 10:22For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    23. 1 Kgs 10:23So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

    24. 1 Kgs 10:24The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

    25. 1 Kgs 10:25Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

    26. 1 Kgs 10:26Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

    27. 1 Kgs 10:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

    28. 1 Kgs 10:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.

    29. 1 Kgs 10:29A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

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    • 1Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
    • 1Luke 11:31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
    • 9Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
    • 1Genesis 10:28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
    • 12 Chronicles 9:1–12Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
    • 1Psalms 72:15Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
    • 91 Kings 5:7When Hiram received Solomon’s message, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the LORD this day! He has given David a wise son over this great people!”
    • 101 Kings 10:2She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke to him all that was on her mind.
    • 262 Chronicles 9:25Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
    • 28Deuteronomy 17:16But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
    • 8Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
    • 221 Kings 22:48Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
    • 24James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
    • 282 Chronicles 9:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
    • 1Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
    • 92 Samuel 8:15Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

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