Verse 5
2 Chronicles 9:5
World English Bible, British Edition
5
She said to the king, “It was a true report that I heard in my
own land of your acts and of your wisdom.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ אֱמֶת֙ הַ/דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בְּ/אַרְצִ֑/י עַל דְּבָרֶ֖י/ךָ וְ/עַל חָכְמָתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And she said to the king, "True is the word that I have heard in my country about your matters and about your wisdom."
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Chapter 9 Context
1
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to test Solomon
with hard questions a...
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2
Solomon answered all her questions. There wasn’t anything hidden from
Solomon which he didn’t tell h...
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3
When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that
he had built,
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4
the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of
his ministers, their clothing,...
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5
She said to the king, “It was a true report that I heard in my
own land of your acts and of your wis...
6
However I didn’t believe their words until I came, and my eyes had seen
it; and behold half of the g...
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7
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually
before you and hear you...
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8
Blessed be the LORD your God (Elohim), who delighted in you and set you on his
throne to be king for...
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9
She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious st...
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10
The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought
gold from Ophir, also brought algum t...
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11
The king used algum tree wood to make terraces for the LORD’s house
and for the king’s house, and ha...
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12
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she
asked, more than that which she...
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13
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six
hundred and sixty-six talents of gol...
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14
in addition to that which the traders and merchants brought. All the
kings of Arabia and the governo...
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15
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred
shekels of beaten gold went...
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16
He made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. The...
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17
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with
pure gold.
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18
There were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which
were fastened to the throne, and...
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19
Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six
steps. There was nothing like i...
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20
All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels
of the House of the Forest of...
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21
For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with Huram’s servants.
Once every three years, the ship...
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22
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches
and wisdom.
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23
All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his
wisdom, which God (Elohim) had...
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24
They each brought tribute: vessels of silver, vessels of gold, clothing,
armour, spices, horses, and...
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25
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve
thousand horsemen that he stati...
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26
He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines,
and to the border of...
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27
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars
to be as abundant as the s...
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28
They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt and out of all lands.
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29
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, aren’t they
written in the history of Nathan th...
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30
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
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31
Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in his father David’s
city; and Rehoboam his son r...
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