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1 Kings 10

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  1. 1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.54 cross-references: Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, 2 Chronicles 9:1–12, Genesis 10:28, Psalms 72:15
  2. 2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.19 cross-references: Acts 25:23, 2 Kings 5:9, 2 Kings 5:5, Exodus 25:6, Genesis 18:33
  3. 3And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.17 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:1, Colossians 2:3, Isaiah 42:16, Daniel 2:20–23, 1 Kings 3:12
  4. 4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,7 cross-references: Matthew 12:42, 2 Chronicles 9:3–4, Ecclesiastes 12:9, 1 Kings 6:1–7, 1 Kings 4:29–31
  5. 5And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.20 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 26:16, 1 Chronicles 9:18, 2 Kings 16:18, 2 Chronicles 9:4, 1 Kings 4:22–23
  6. 6And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.4 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 9:5–6
  7. 7Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.9 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 3:2, John 20:25–29, Isaiah 64:4, Zechariah 9:17
  8. 8Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.17 cross-references: Proverbs 8:34, Proverbs 3:13–14, 2 Chronicles 9:7–8, Luke 10:39–42, Proverbs 13:20
  9. 9Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.33 cross-references: Psalms 72:2, 1 Kings 5:7, 2 Samuel 8:15, 2 Chronicles 2:11, Jeremiah 23:5–6
  10. 10And she gave the king an hundred and 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.25 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:2, Matthew 2:11, Psalms 72:15, Genesis 43:11, Psalms 72:10
  11. 11And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.12 cross-references: 1 Kings 9:27–28, 2 Chronicles 9:10–11, Psalms 45:9, 2 Chronicles 2:8, 2 Chronicles 8:18
  12. 12And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.7 cross-references: Psalms 92:1–3, 1 Chronicles 25:1–31, Revelation 14:2–3, Psalms 150:3–5, 1 Chronicles 23:5
  13. 13And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.8 cross-references: Psalms 37:4, Matthew 15:28, Psalms 20:4, Ephesians 3:20, John 14:13–14
  14. 14Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,7 cross-references: 1 Kings 9:28, 2 Chronicles 9:13–28
  15. 15Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.14 cross-references: Isaiah 21:13, 2 Chronicles 9:13–14, 1 Chronicles 9:24, Psalms 72:10, Galatians 4:25
  16. 16And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.11 cross-references: 1 Kings 14:26–28, 2 Chronicles 12:9–10, 2 Chronicles 9:15–16
  17. 17And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.5 cross-references: 1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 14:26
  18. 18Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.19 cross-references: Psalms 45:8, 1 Kings 10:22, Revelation 20:11, Revelation 18:12, Ezekiel 27:6
  19. 19The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
  20. 20And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.4 cross-references: Numbers 24:9, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 23:24, Revelation 5:5
  21. 21And all 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.14 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:17, 1 Kings 7:2, 2 Chronicles 9:20–22
  22. 22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.35 cross-references: 1 Kings 22:48, Genesis 10:4, 2 Chronicles 20:36–37, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 48:7
  23. 23So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.15 cross-references: 1 Kings 3:12–13, Psalms 89:27, Colossians 1:18–19, Colossians 2:2–3, 1 Kings 4:29–34
  24. 24And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.13 cross-references: 1 Kings 3:28, James 1:5, 1 Kings 3:12, Daniel 2:23, Proverbs 2:6
  25. 25And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.32 cross-references: Genesis 36:24, 2 Kings 17:4, 2 Samuel 8:10, Job 42:11, 2 Samuel 8:2
  26. 26And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.16 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 9:25, 1 Kings 4:26, Deuteronomy 17:16, 1 Kings 9:19, 2 Chronicles 1:14–17
  27. 27And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.13 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 1:15–17, 2 Chronicles 9:27, Job 22:24–25, Deuteronomy 17:17
  28. 28And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.17 cross-references: Deuteronomy 17:16, 2 Chronicles 9:28, Isaiah 31:1–3, Isaiah 36:9, Proverbs 7:16
  29. 29And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.5 cross-references: Joshua 1:4, 2 Kings 7:6–7, Hosea 12:10, Malachi 1:1

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Solomon, God, Queen of Sheba, Hiram

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