1When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

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

2She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

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

3Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he did not tell her.

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

4When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that 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 food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the Lord; there was no more 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

6She said to the king, "It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.

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

7However I did not believe the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it. Behold, the half was not told me! Your wisdom and prosperity 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

8Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

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

9Blessed is the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness."

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

10She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba 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

11The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug 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

12The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, to this day.

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

13King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

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

14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred 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 traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of 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

16King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler.

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

17He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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

18Moreover the king 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

19There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

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20Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.

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

21All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of 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 had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, 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

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

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

24All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put 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

25They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

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

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

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

27The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

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

28The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

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

29A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they brought them out by their means.

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