1But also the queen of Saba, whanne the fame of Salomon was herd, cam in the name of the Lord to tempte hym in derk and douti questiouns.

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

2And sche entride with myche felouschipe and richessis in to Jerusalem, and with camels berynge swete smellynge thingis, and gold greetli with out noumbre, and preciouse stoonys; and sche cam to king Salomon, and spak to hym alle thingis whiche sche hadde in hir herte.

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

3And Salomon tauyte hir alle wordis whiche sche hadde put forth; no word was, that myyte be hid fro the kyng, and which he answeryde not to hir.

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

4Forsothe the queen of Saba siy al the wisdom of Salomon, and the hows which he hadde bildid,

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

5and the metis of his table, and the dwellyng places of hise seruauntis, and the ordris of mynystris, and the clothis of hem, and the boteleris, and the brent sacrifices whiche he offride in the hows of the Lord; and sche hadde no more spirite.

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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 sche seide to the kyng, The word is trewe, which Y herde in my lond, of thi wordis, and of thi wisdom;

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

7and Y bileuyde not to men tellynge to me, til Y my silf cam, and siy with myn iyen, and preuede that the half part was not teld to me; thi wisdom is more and thi werkis, than the tale which Y herde.

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

8Thi men ben blessid, and thi seruauntis ben blessid, these that stonden bifor thee euere, and heren thi wisdom.

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

9Blessid be thi Lord God, whom thou plesedist, and hath set thee on the trone of Israel; for the Lord louyde Israel with outen ende, and hath ordeynyd thee kyng, that thou schuldist do doom and riytfulnesse.

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

10Therfor sche yaf to the kyng sixe score talentis of gold, and ful many swete smellynge thingis, and precious stoonus; so many swete smellynge thingis weren no more brouyt, as tho which the queen of Saba yaf to kyng Salomon.

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

11But also the schip of Hiram, that brouyte gold fro Ophir, brouyte fro Ophir ful many trees of tyme, and preciouse stoonys.

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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 kyng Salomon made of the trees of tyme vndir settyngis of the hows of the Lord, and of the kyngis hows, and harpis, and sitols to syngeris; siche trees of tyme weren not brouyt nether seyn, til in to present dai.

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

13Sotheli kyng Salomon yaf to the queen of Saba alle thingis whiche sche wolde, and axide of hym, outakun these thingis whiche he hadde youe to hir bi the kyngis yifte wilfuli; and sche turnede ayen, and yede in to hir lond with hir seruauntis.

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

14Forsothe the weyte of gold, that was offrid to Salomon bi ech yeer, was of sixe hundrid and sixe and sixti talentis 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

15outakun that which men that weren on the talagis, `that is, rentis for thingis borun aboute in the lond, and marchauntis, and alle men sillynge scheeldys, and alle the kyngis of Arabie, and dukis of erthe yauen.

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

16And kyng Salomon made two hundrid scheeldis of pureste gold; he yaf sixe hundrid siclis of gold in to the platis of oo scheeld;

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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 he made thre hundrid of bokeleris of preued gold; thre hundrid talentis of gold clothiden o bokeler. And the kyng puttide tho in the hows of the forest of Lyban.

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

18Also kyng Salomon made a greet trone of yuer, and clothide it with ful fyn gold;

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

19which trone hadde sixe grees; and the hiynesse of the trone was round in the hynderere part; and tweine hondis on this side and on that side, holdynge the seete, and twei lyouns stoden bisidis ech hond;

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20and twelue litil liouns stondynge on sixe grees on this side and on that side; siche a werk was not maad in alle rewmes.

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

21But also alle the vessels, of which kyng Salomon drank, weren of gold, and alle the purtenaunce of the hows of the forest of Liban was of pureste gold; siluer was not, nether it was arettid of ony prijs in the daies of Salomon.

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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 schip of `the kyng wente onys bi thre yeer with the schip of Hiram in to Tharsis, and brouyte fro thennus gold, and siluer, and teeth of olifauntis, and apis, and pokokis.

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

23Therfor kyng Salomon was magnified aboue alle kyngis of erthe in richessis 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 al erthe desiride to se the cheer of Salomon, to here the wisdom of him, which wisdom God hadde youe in his herte.

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

25And alle men brouyten yiftis to hym, vessels of gold, and of siluer, clothis, and armeris of batel, and swete smellynge thingis, and horsis, and mulis, bi ech yeer.

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

26And Salomon gaderide togidere charis, and knyytis; and a thousinde and foure hundrid charis weren maad to hym, and twelue thousynde `of knyytis; and he disposide hem bi strengthid citees, and with the kyng 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, that so greet aboundaunce of siluer was in Jerusalem, how greet was also of stoonys; and he yaf the multitude of cedris as sicomoris, that growen in feeldy places.

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

28And the horsis of Salomon weren led out of Egipt, and of Coa; for the marchauntis of the kyng bouyten of Coa, and brouyten for prijs ordeyned.

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

29Forsothe a chare yede out of Egipt for sixe hundrid siclis of siluer, and an hors for an hundrid and fifti siclis; and bi this maner alle the kyngis of Etheis and of Sirye seelden horsis.

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