1Then, too, the queen of Sheba, having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, arrived to test him with enigmas.stylusMatthew 12:42, Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, Luke 11:31, 2 Chronicles 9:12And entering into Jerusalem with a great retinue, and with riches, and with camels carrying aromatics, and with an exceedingly great quantity of gold and precious stones, she went to king Solomon. And she spoke to him all that she held in her heart.stylusActs 25:23, Acts 25:23, 2 Kings 5:9, 2 Kings 5:5, Exodus 25:63And Solomon taught her, in all the words that she had proposed to him. There was not any word which was able to be hidden from the king, or which he did not answer for her.stylus1 Kings 10:1, Colossians 2:3, Isaiah 42:16, Daniel 2:20, Daniel 2:234Then, when the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,stylusMatthew 12:42, Matthew 12:42, 2 Chronicles 9:3, 2 Chronicles 9:4, Ecclesiastes 12:95and the food of his table, and the dwelling places of his servants, and the rows of his ministers, and their apparel, and the cupbearers, and the holocausts that he was offering in the house of the Lord, she had no longer any spirit in her.stylus1 Chronicles 26:16, 1 Chronicles 26:16, 1 Chronicles 9:18, 2 Kings 16:18, 2 Chronicles 9:46And she said to the king: “The word is true, which I have heard in my own land,stylus2 Chronicles 9:5, 2 Chronicles 9:6, 2 Chronicles 9:5, 2 Chronicles 9:67about your words and your wisdom. But I did not believe those who explained it to me, until I went myself and saw it with my own eyes. And I have discovered that the half of it has not been told to me: your wisdom and works are greater than the report that I have heard.stylus1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 3:2, John 20:25, John 20:298Blessed are your men, and blessed are your servants, who stand before you always, and who hear your wisdom.stylusProverbs 8:34, Proverbs 8:34, Proverbs 3:13, Proverbs 3:14, 2 Chronicles 9:79Blessed is the Lord your God, whom you have greatly pleased, and who has placed you upon the throne of Israel. For the Lord loves Israel forever, and he has appointed you as king, so that you may accomplish judgment and justice.”stylusPsalms 72:2, Psalms 72:2, 1 Kings 5:7, 1 Kings 5:7, 2 Samuel 8:1510Then she gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and an exceedingly great amount of aromatics and precious stones. No greater quantity of aromatics was ever again brought forth as these, which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.stylus1 Kings 10:2, 1 Kings 10:2, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:11, Psalms 72:1511Then, too, the navy of Hiram, which carried gold from Ophir, brought an exceedingly great quantity of thyine wood and precious stones from Ophir.stylus1 Kings 9:27, 1 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 9:27, 1 Kings 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:1012And the king made, from the thyine wood, the posts of the house of the Lord, and of the house of the king, and citharas and lyres for the musicians. No thyine trees of this kind were ever again brought forth or seen, even to the present day.stylusPsalms 92:1, Psalms 92:3, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:31, Revelation 14:213Then king Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all that she desired and requested of him, aside from what he himself had offered to her from his royal bounty. And she returned and went away to her own land, with her servants.stylusPsalms 37:4, Matthew 15:28, Psalms 20:4, Psalms 37:4, Matthew 15:2814Now the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon each year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,stylus1 Kings 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:13, 2 Chronicles 9:28, 1 Kings 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:1315aside from what was brought to him by the men who were over the tributes, and by the merchants, and by those selling every kind of small item, and by all the kings of Arabia, and by the rulers of the land.stylusIsaiah 21:13, 2 Chronicles 9:13, 2 Chronicles 9:14, 1 Chronicles 9:24, Psalms 72:1016Also, king Solomon made two hundred large shields from the purest gold. He dispensed six hundred shekels of gold for the layers of one shield.stylus1 Kings 14:26, 1 Kings 14:28, 1 Kings 14:26, 1 Kings 14:28, 2 Chronicles 12:917And for the three hundred crescent-shaped shields of tested gold, there were three hundred minas of gold covering one shield. And the king placed these in the house of the forest of Lebanon.stylus1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 14:26, 1 Kings 14:2618Also, king Solomon made a great throne from ivory. And he clothed it with a great quantity of red gold.stylusPsalms 45:8, 1 Kings 10:22, Psalms 45:8, 1 Kings 10:22, Revelation 20:1119The throne had six steps, and the summit of the throne was rounded in the back section. And there were two hands, on one side and the other, holding the seat. And two lions were standing beside each hand,stylus20with twelve little lions standing upon the six steps, on one side and the other. No similar work has been made, ever in any kingdom.stylusNumbers 24:9, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 24:9, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:2421Moreover, all the vessels from which king Solomon would drink were of gold. And all the items in the house of the forest of Lebanon were of the purest gold. There was no silver, nor was any accounting made of silver in the days of Solomon.stylus1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 7:2, 2 Chronicles 9:2022For the navy of the king, once every three years, went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tarshish, bringing from there gold, and silver, and elephant tusks, and primates, and peacocks.stylus1 Kings 22:48, 1 Kings 22:48, Genesis 10:4, 2 Chronicles 20:36, 2 Chronicles 20:3723And so, king Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.stylus1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:13, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:13, Psalms 89:2724And all the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, so as to hear his wisdom, which God had granted to his heart.stylus1 Kings 3:28, James 1:5, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:28, James 1:525And each one brought him gifts, vessels of silver and of gold, clothing and weapons of war, as well as aromatics, and horses, and mules, throughout each year.stylusGenesis 36:24, 2 Kings 17:4, 2 Samuel 8:10, Job 42:11, 2 Samuel 8:226And Solomon gathered together the chariots and horsemen. And he had one thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And he placed them in the walled cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.stylus2 Chronicles 9:25, 2 Chronicles 9:25, 1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 4:26, Deuteronomy 17:1627And he caused silver to be as abundant in Jerusalem as stones, and he supplied a multitude of cedars like the sycamores that grow in the plains.stylus2 Chronicles 1:15, 2 Chronicles 1:17, 2 Chronicles 9:27, Job 22:24, Job 22:2528And horses were brought for Solomon from Egypt and from Kue. For the merchants of the king were buying these from Kue. And they paid out the established price.stylusDeuteronomy 17:16, Deuteronomy 17:16, 2 Chronicles 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:28, Isaiah 31:129Now a four-horse chariot would be sent from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred and fifty. And in this manner, all the kings of the Hittites and of Syria were selling horses.stylusJoshua 1:4, 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:7, Joshua 1:4, 2 Kings 7:6