1When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, 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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Matthew 12:42, Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, Luke 11:31, 1 Kings 10:1

2Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hidden from Solomon which he did not tell her.

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

3When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that 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 food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, his cup bearers also, and their clothing, 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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Ezekiel 44:3, Luke 12:37, Proverbs 9:5, Nehemiah 1:11, Psalms 119:81

5She 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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1 Kings 10:6, 1 Kings 10:6

6However I did not believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it; and behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: you exceed the fame that I heard.

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

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

8Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for the Lord your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness."

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

9She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba 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

10The servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and 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

11The king made of the algum trees terraces for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and harps and stringed instruments for the singers: and there were none like these seen before in the land of Judah.

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

12King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

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

13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one 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

14besides that which the traders and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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

15King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler.

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

16He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels 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

17Moreover the king 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 there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

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

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

20All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

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

21For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, 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

22So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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

23All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

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

24They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

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

25Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at 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

26He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

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

27The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars 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 1:15, 2 Chronicles 1:17, Psalms 78:47

28They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

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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, aren't they written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

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

30Solomon 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

31Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

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