Verse 14
2 Chronicles 9:14
New Living Translation
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This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders. All the kings of Arabia and the governors of the provinces also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ/בַ֞ד מֵ/אַנְשֵׁ֧י הַ/תָּרִ֛ים וְ/הַ/סֹּחֲרִ֖ים מְבִיאִ֑ים וְ/כָל מַלְכֵ֤י עֲרַב֙ וּ/פַח֣וֹת הָ/אָ֔רֶץ מְבִיאִ֛ים זָהָ֥ב וָ/כֶ֖סֶף לִ/שְׁלֹמֹֽה
English Translation
Only the merchants and the traders bring, and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land bring gold and silver to Solomon.
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Chapter 9 Context
1
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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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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7
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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10
(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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14
This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders. All the kings of...
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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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19
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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30
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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