Verse 6
2 Chronicles 9:6
New Living Translation
6
I didn’t believe what was said until I arrived here and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, I had not heard the half of your great wisdom! It is far beyond what I was told.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹֽא הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי לְ/דִבְרֵי/הֶ֗ם עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר בָּ֨אתִי֙ וַ/תִּרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינַ֔/י וְ/הִנֵּה֙ לֹ֣א הֻגַּד לִ֔/י חֲצִ֖י מַרְבִּ֣ית חָכְמָתֶ֑/ךָ יָסַ֕פְתָּ עַל הַ/שְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי
English Translation
And I did not believe their words until I came, and my eyes saw; and behold, the half of your wisdom was not told to me. You have surpassed the report that I heard.
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Chapter 9 Context
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When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questio...
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Solomon had answers for all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her.
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When the queen of Sheba realized how wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built,
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she was overwhelmed. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his official...
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5
She exclaimed to the king, “Everything I heard in my country about your achievements and wisdom is t...
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6
I didn’t believe what was said until I arrived here and saw it with my own eyes. In fact, I had not...
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How happy your people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, list...
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8
Praise the LORD your God (Elohim), who delights in you and has placed you on the throne as king to r...
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9
Then she gave the king a gift of 9,000 pounds of gold, great quantities of spices, and precious jewe...
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(In addition, the crews of Hiram and Solomon brought gold from Ophir, and they also brought red sand...
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11
The king used the sandalwood to make steps for the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and to c...
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12
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for — gifts of greater value than the gifts...
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13
Each year Solomon received about 25 tons of gold.
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This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders. All the kings of...
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15
King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.
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He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 7 1⁄2 pounds. The king pl...
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Then the king made a huge throne, decorated with ivory and overlaid with pure gold.
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The throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, a...
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There were also twelve other lions, one standing on each end of the six steps. No other throne in al...
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All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the F...
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21
The king had a fleet of trading ships of Tarshish manned by the sailors sent by Hiram. Once every th...
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So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth.
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23
Kings from every nation came to consult him and to hear the wisdom God (Elohim) had given him.
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24
Year after year everyone who visited brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices...
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25
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and he had 12,000 horses. He stationed some of...
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26
He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and...
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The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone. And valuable cedar timber was as common as...
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28
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and many other countries.
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29
The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in <i>The Record of N...
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Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
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31
When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became...
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