1And the queen of Saba having heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to try him with hard questions.

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Matthew 12:42, Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, Luke 11:31, 2 Chronicles 9:1

2And entering into Jerusalem with a great train, and riches, and camels that carried spices, and an immense quantity of gold, and precious stones, she came to king Solomon, and spoke to him all that she had in her heart.

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Acts 25:23, Acts 25:23, 2 Kings 5:9, 2 Kings 5:5, Exodus 25:6

3And Solomon informed her of all the things she proposed to him: there was not any word the king was ignorant of, and which he could not answer her.

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1 Kings 10:1, Colossians 2:3, Isaiah 42:16, Daniel 2:20, Daniel 2:23

4And when the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,

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Matthew 12:42, Matthew 12:42, 2 Chronicles 9:3, 2 Chronicles 9:4, Ecclesiastes 12:9

5And the meat of his table, and the apartments of his servants, and the order of his ministers, and their apparel, and the cupbearers, and the holocausts, which he offered in the house of the Lord, she had no longer any spirit in her;

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1 Chronicles 26:16, 1 Chronicles 26:16, 1 Chronicles 9:18, 2 Kings 16:18, 2 Chronicles 9:4

6And she said to the king: The report is true, which I heard in my own country,

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2 Chronicles 9:5, 2 Chronicles 9:6, 2 Chronicles 9:5, 2 Chronicles 9:6

7Concerning thy words, and concerning thy wisdom. And I did not believe them that told me, till I came myself, and saw with my own eyes, and have found that the half hath not been told me: thy wisdom and thy works exceed the fame which I heard.

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1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 3:2, John 20:25, John 20:29

8Blessed are thy men, and blessed are thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom.

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Proverbs 8:34, Proverbs 8:34, Proverbs 3:13, Proverbs 3:14, 2 Chronicles 9:7

9Blessed be the Lord thy God, whom thou hast pleased, and who hath set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord hath loved Israel for ever, and hath appointed thee king, to do judgment and justice.

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Psalms 72:2, Psalms 72:2, 1 Kings 5:7, 1 Kings 5:7, 2 Samuel 8:15

10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great store, and precious stones: there was brought no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.

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1 Kings 10:2, 1 Kings 10:2, Matthew 2:11, Matthew 2:11, Psalms 72:15

11(The navy also of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir great plenty of thyine trees, and precious stones.

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1 Kings 9:27, 1 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 9:27, 1 Kings 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:10

12And the king made of the thyine trees the rails of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house: and citterns and harps for singers: there were no such thyine trees as these brought nor seen unto this day.)

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Psalms 92:1, Psalms 92:3, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:31, Revelation 14:2

13And king Solomon gave the queen of Saba all that she desired, and asked of him: besides what he offered her of himself of his royal bounty. And she returned, and went to her own country, with her servants.

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Psalms 37:4, Matthew 15:28, Psalms 20:4, Psalms 37:4, Matthew 15:28

14And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon every year, was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold:

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1 Kings 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:13, 2 Chronicles 9:28, 1 Kings 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:13

15Besides that which the men brought him that were over the tributes, and the merchants, and they that sold by retail, and all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the country.

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Isaiah 21:13, 2 Chronicles 9:13, 2 Chronicles 9:14, 1 Chronicles 9:24, Psalms 72:10

16And Solomon made two hundred shields of the purest gold: he allowed six hundred sicles of gold for the plates of one shield.

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1 Kings 14:26, 1 Kings 14:28, 1 Kings 14:26, 1 Kings 14:28, 2 Chronicles 12:9

17And three hundred targets of fine gold: three hundred pounds of gold covered one target: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Libanus.

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1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 14:26, 1 Kings 14:26

18King Solomon also made a great throne of ivory: and overlaid it with the finest gold.

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Psalms 45:8, 1 Kings 10:22, Psalms 45:8, 1 Kings 10:22, Revelation 20:11

19It had six steps: and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were two hands on either side holding the seat: and two lions stood, one at each hand,

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20And twelve little lions stood upon the six steps, on the one side and on the other: there was no such work made in any kingdom.

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Numbers 24:9, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 24:9, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:24

21Moreover, all the vessels out of which king Solomon drank, were of gold: and all the furniture of the house of the forest of Libanus was of most pure gold: there was no silver, nor was any account made of it in the days of Solomon:

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1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 7:2, 2 Chronicles 9:20

22For the king's navy, once in three years, went with the navy of Hiram by sea to Tharsis, and brought from thence gold, and silver, and elephants' teeth, and apes, and peacocks.

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1 Kings 22:48, 1 Kings 22:48, Genesis 10:4, 2 Chronicles 20:36, 2 Chronicles 20:37

23And king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:13, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:13, Psalms 89:27

24And all the earth desired to see Solomon's face, to hear his wisdom, which God had given in his heart.

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1 Kings 3:28, James 1:5, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:28, James 1:5

25And every one brought him presents, vessels of silver and of gold, garments, and armour, and spices, and horses, and mules, every year.

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Genesis 36:24, 2 Kings 17:4, 2 Samuel 8:10, Job 42:11, 2 Samuel 8:2

26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen, and he had a thousand four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he bestowed them in fenced cities, and with the king in Jerusalem.

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2 Chronicles 9:25, 2 Chronicles 9:25, 1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 4:26, Deuteronomy 17:16

27And he made silver to be as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones: and cedars to be as common as sycamores which grow in the plains.

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2 Chronicles 1:15, 2 Chronicles 1:17, 2 Chronicles 9:27, Job 22:24, Job 22:25

28And horses were brought for Solomon out of Egypt, and Coa: for the king's merchants bought them out of Coa, and brought them at a set price.

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Deuteronomy 17:16, Deuteronomy 17:16, 2 Chronicles 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:28, Isaiah 31:1

29And a chariot of four horses came out of Egypt, for six hundred sicles of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. And after this manner did all the kings of the Hethites, and of Syria, sell horses.

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Joshua 1:4, 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:7, Joshua 1:4, 2 Kings 7:6