2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 9
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2 Chronicles 9 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And when the queen of heard of the fame of , she came to prove with hard questions at , with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to , she communed with him of all that was in her heart. And told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from which he told her not. And when the queen of had seen the of , and the house that he had built, And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy : Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy . Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved , to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. And she gave the king an hundred and twenty of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of gave king . And the servants also of , and the servants of , which brought gold from , brought algum trees and precious stones. And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of . And king gave to the queen of all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. Now the weight of gold that came to in one year was six hundred and threescore and six of gold; Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of and governors of the country brought gold and silver to . And king made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred of beaten gold went to one target. And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred of gold went to one . And the king them in the house of the forest of . Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: And twelve lions stood there the one side and the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. And all the drinking vessels of king were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of . For the king’s ships went to with the servants of : every three years once came the ships of bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. And king passed all the kings of the earth in riches and . And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of , to hear his , that God had in his heart. And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. And had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the cities, and with the king at . And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the , and to the border of . And the king made silver in as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. And they brought unto horses out of , and out of all lands. Now the rest of the acts of , first and last, are they not of the prophet, and in the of the , and in the visions of the seer against the son of ? And reigned in over all forty years. And slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of his father: and his son reigned in his stead.