2 Chronicles 9
King James Version · 31 verses · 329 cross-references linking it to 167 other chapters
Explore 2 Chronicles 9 in the interactive map- 1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.35 cross-references: Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, 1 Kings 10:1–13, 2 Chronicles 9:9, Genesis 10:7
- 2And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.11 cross-references: Colossians 2:3, Proverbs 13:20, Mark 4:34, Hebrews 4:12, John 15:15
- 3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,5 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 3:1–4, 1 Kings 6:1–7, 1 Kings 10:3, Acts 11:23
- 4And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.22 cross-references: Ezekiel 44:3, Luke 12:37, Proverbs 9:5, Nehemiah 1:11, Psalms 119:81
- 5And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:4 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:6
- 6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.11 cross-references: 1 Kings 4:34, 1 Kings 4:31, Zechariah 9:17, Song of Solomon 5:9–16, 2 Chronicles 9:5
- 7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.14 cross-references: Luke 10:39–42, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 3:14, Proverbs 8:34
- 8Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.30 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 2:11, 1 Chronicles 29:23, Deuteronomy 7:8, Isaiah 32:1–2, 1 Chronicles 28:5
- 9And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.14 cross-references: Genesis 43:11, Psalms 72:15, 2 Chronicles 9:1, Psalms 72:10, 2 Chronicles 9:24
- 10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.10 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 8:18, 1 Kings 10:11, 1 Kings 10:22, 1 Kings 9:27–28
- 11And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.7 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:12, Revelation 5:8, Psalms 92:1–3, 1 Chronicles 23:5, Psalms 150:3–5
- 12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.3 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:13, Ephesians 3:20, Psalms 20:4
- 13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;7 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:14–28, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:15, Psalms 68:29
- 14Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.5 cross-references: Psalms 72:10, Psalms 68:29
- 15And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.11 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 12:9–10, 1 Kings 10:16–17
- 16And three hundred shields made he 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.2 cross-references: 1 Kings 7:2
- 17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.4 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:18–20, Psalms 45:8, Revelation 20:11
- 18And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:4 cross-references: Numbers 23:24, Numbers 24:9, Revelation 5:5, Genesis 49:9–10
- 19And 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.2 cross-references: Matthew 19:28, Revelation 21:12
- 20And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.11 cross-references: Jeremiah 31:5, 2 Chronicles 9:27, Isaiah 2:22, Daniel 5:2–3, 1 Kings 10:21
- 21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.11 cross-references: 1 Kings 22:48, 2 Chronicles 20:36–37, Job 39:13, 1 Kings 10:22
- 22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.13 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 1:12, 1 Kings 4:30–31, Psalms 89:27, 1 Kings 3:12–13, Colossians 2:2–3
- 23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.24 cross-references: James 3:17, James 1:5, Proverbs 2:6, 1 Kings 4:34, Daniel 5:11
- 24And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.10 cross-references: 1 Kings 10:25, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Kings 9:14, Psalms 72:10, 1 Kings 10:10
- 25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.9 cross-references: 1 Kings 4:26, 2 Chronicles 1:14, 1 Kings 10:26, Deuteronomy 17:16
- 26And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.13 cross-references: 1 Kings 4:21, Genesis 15:18, Exodus 23:31, 1 Kings 4:24, Daniel 7:14
- 27And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.15 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 1:15–17, Psalms 78:47, Isaiah 9:10, Amos 7:14, Job 22:24–25
- 28And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.7 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 1:16, Isaiah 31:1, 2 Chronicles 9:25, Isaiah 2:7–8, 1 Kings 10:28
- 29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?22 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 29:29, 1 Kings 11:41–43, 1 Kings 11:29, 2 Chronicles 13:22, 2 Chronicles 12:15
- 30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.3 cross-references: 1 Kings 11:42–43
- 31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.8 cross-references: 1 Kings 2:10, 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Kings 1:21
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People in 2 Chronicles 9
Solomon, Queen of Sheba, God, Hiram, Nathan, Ahijah, Iddo, Jeroboam, Nebat, David, Rehoboam
Places in 2 Chronicles 9
Jerusalem, Sheba, Lebanon, Egypt, Ophir, Arabia, Tarshish, Euphrates, Shephelah