1And when the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to try him with hard questions at Jerusalem, with great riches, and camels, which carried spices, and abundance of gold, and precious stones. And when she was come to Solomon, she proposed to him all that was in her heart.

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Matthew 12:42, Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, Luke 11:31, 1 Kings 10:1

2And Solomon explained to her all that she proposed: and there was not any thing that he did not make clear unto her.

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Colossians 2:3, Proverbs 13:20, Mark 4:34, Hebrews 4:12, John 15:15

3And when she had seen these things, to wit, the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,

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2 Chronicles 3:1, 2 Chronicles 3:4, 2 Chronicles 3:1, 2 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Kings 6:1

4And the meats of his table, and the dwelling places of his servants, and the attendance of his officers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their garments, and the victims which he offered in the house of the Lord: there was no more spirit in her, she was so astonished.

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Ezekiel 44:3, Luke 12:37, Proverbs 9:5, Nehemiah 1:11, Psalms 119:81

5And she said to the king: The word is true which I heard in my country of thy virtues and wisdom.

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1 Kings 10:6, 1 Kings 10:6

6I did not believe them that told it, until I came, and my eyes had seen, and I had proved that scarce one half of thy wisdom had been told me: thou hast exceeded the same with thy virtues.

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1 Kings 4:34, 1 Kings 4:31, Zechariah 9:17, Song of Solomon 5:9, Song of Solomon 5:16

7Happy are thy men, and happy are thy servants, who stand always before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

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Luke 10:39, Luke 10:42, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 3:14

8Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath been pleased to set thee on his throne, king of the Lord thy God. Because God loveth Israel, and will preserve them forever: therefore hath he made thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

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2 Chronicles 2:11, 2 Chronicles 2:11, 1 Chronicles 29:23, Deuteronomy 7:8, Isaiah 32:1

9And she gave to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and most precious stones: there were no such spices as these which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.

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Genesis 43:11, Psalms 72:15, 2 Chronicles 9:1, Psalms 72:10, 2 Chronicles 9:24

10And the servants also of Hiram, with the servants of Solomon, brought gold from Ophir, and thyine trees, and most precious stones:

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2 Chronicles 8:18, 2 Chronicles 8:18, 1 Kings 10:11, 1 Kings 10:11, 1 Kings 10:22

11And the king made of the thyine trees stairs in the house of the Lord, and in the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singing men: never were there seen such trees in the land of Juda.

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1 Kings 10:12, 1 Kings 10:12, Revelation 5:8, Psalms 92:1, Psalms 92:3

12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, and that she asked, and many more things than she brought to him: so she returned, and went to her own country with her servants.

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1 Kings 10:13, 1 Kings 10:13, Ephesians 3:20, Psalms 20:4, Ephesians 3:20

13And 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 10:14, 1 Kings 10:28, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:15, Psalms 68:29

14Beside the sum which the deputies of divers nations, and the merchants were accustomed to bring, and all the kings of Arabia, and the lords of the lands, who brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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Psalms 72:10, Psalms 68:29, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 68:29

15And king Solomon made two hundred golden spears, of the sum of six hundred pieces of gold, which went to every spear:

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2 Chronicles 12:9, 2 Chronicles 12:10, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 10:17, 2 Chronicles 12:9

16And three hundred golden shields of three hundred pieces of gold, which went to the covering of every shield: and the king put them in the armoury, which was compassed with a wood.

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1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 7:2

17The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

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1 Kings 10:18, 1 Kings 10:20, 1 Kings 10:18, 1 Kings 10:20, Psalms 45:8

18And six steps to go up to the throne, and a footstool of gold, and two arms one on either side, and two lions standing by the arms:

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Numbers 23:24, Numbers 24:9, Revelation 5:5, Genesis 49:9, Genesis 49:10

19Moreover twelve other little lions standing upon the steps on both sides: there was not such a throne in any kingdom.

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Matthew 19:28, Revelation 21:12, Matthew 19:28, Revelation 21:12

20And all the vessels of the king's table were of gold, and the vessels of the house of the forest of Libanus were of the purest gold. For no account was made of silver in those days.

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Jeremiah 31:5, 2 Chronicles 9:27, Isaiah 2:22, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3

21For the king's ships went to Tharsis with the servants of Hiram, once in three years: and they brought thence gold and silver, and ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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1 Kings 22:48, 2 Chronicles 20:36, 2 Chronicles 20:37, Job 39:13, 1 Kings 10:22

22And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory.

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2 Chronicles 1:12, 2 Chronicles 1:12, 1 Kings 4:30, 1 Kings 4:31, Psalms 89:27

23And all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, that they might hear the wisdom which God had given in his heart.

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James 3:17, James 1:5, James 3:17, James 1:5, Proverbs 2:6

24And every year they brought him presents, vessels of silver and of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, and horses, and mules.

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1 Kings 10:25, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Kings 9:14, Psalms 72:10, 1 Kings 10:10

25And Solomon had forty thousand horses in the stables, and twelve thousand chariots, and horsemen, and he placed them in the cities of the chariots and where the king was in Jerusalem.

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1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 4:26, 2 Chronicles 1:14, 1 Kings 10:26, 2 Chronicles 1:14

26And he exercised authority over all the kings from the river Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.

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1 Kings 4:21, Genesis 15:18, 1 Kings 4:21, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 23:31

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

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2 Chronicles 1:15, 2 Chronicles 1:17, 2 Chronicles 1:15, 2 Chronicles 1:17, Psalms 78:47

28And horses were brought to him out of Egypt, and out of all countries.

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2 Chronicles 1:16, 2 Chronicles 1:16, Isaiah 31:1, 2 Chronicles 9:25, Isaiah 2:7

29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon first and last are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the books of Ahias the Silonite, and in the vision of Addo the seer, against Jeroboam the son of Nabat.

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1 Chronicles 29:29, 1 Chronicles 29:29, 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Kings 11:43, 1 Kings 11:29

30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

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1 Kings 11:42, 1 Kings 11:43, 1 Kings 11:42, 1 Kings 11:43

31And he slept with his fathers: and they buried him in the city of David: and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.

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1 Kings 2:10, 1 Kings 2:10, 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Kings 1:21, 2 Samuel 7:12