Verse 6
1 Kings 10:6
Bible in Basic English
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And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ אֱמֶת֙ הָיָ֣ה הַ/דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בְּ/אַרְצִ֑/י עַל דְּבָרֶ֖י/ךָ וְ/עַל חָכְמָתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And she said to the king, "True was the report that I heard in my land concerning your words and concerning your wisdom."
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Chapter 10 Context
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Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with har...
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And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores...
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And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make c...
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,
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And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in t...
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And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisd...
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But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it...
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8
Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your wor...
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9
May the Lord your God (Elohim) be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingd...
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10
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels:...
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11
And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewe...
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12
And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house,...
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13
And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition...
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14
Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;
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15
In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arab...
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And Solomon made two hundred body-covers of hammered gold, every one having six hundred shekels of g...
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And he made three hundred smaller body-covers of hammered gold, with three pounds of gold in every c...
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18
Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.
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19
There were six steps going up to it, and the top of it was round at the back, there were arms on the...
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And twelve lions were placed on the one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothi...
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And all King Solomon's drinking-vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the Woods...
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For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-...
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And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.
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And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God (Elohi...
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And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats...
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And Solomon got together war-carriages and horsemen; he had one thousand, four hundred carriages and...
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And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the...
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And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.
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A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred...
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