Verse 24
1 Kings 10:24
Bible in Basic English
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And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God (Elohim) had put in his heart.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כָ֨ל הָ/אָ֔רֶץ מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת פְּנֵ֣י שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה לִ/שְׁמֹ֨עַ֙ אֶת חָכְמָת֔/וֹ אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥ן אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּ/לִבּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And all the earth sought the face of Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had given in his heart.
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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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Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your wor...
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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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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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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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