Verse 5

2 Chronicles 9:5

Young's Literal Translation

5 And she saith unto the king, 'True [is] the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and concerning thy 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 And the queen of Sheba hath heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sa... Focus ↗
2 and Solomon declareth to her all her matters, and there hath not been hid a thing from Solomon that... Focus ↗
3 And the queen of Sheba seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built, Focus ↗
4 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and t... Focus ↗
5 And she saith unto the king, 'True [is] the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and...
6 and I have given no credence to their words, till that I have come, and mine eyes see, and lo, there... Focus ↗
7 'O the happiness of thy men, and the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before t... Focus ↗
8 Let Jehovah thy God (Elohim) be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for ki... Focus ↗
9 And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and... Focus ↗
10 And also, servants of Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought i... Focus ↗
11 And the king maketh the algum-trees staircases for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the ki... Focus ↗
12 And king Solomon hath given to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that whi... Focus ↗
13 And the weight of the gold that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty and six ta... Focus ↗
14 apart from [what] the tourists, and the merchants, are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and... Focus ↗
15 And king Solomon maketh two hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold h... Focus ↗
16 and three hundred shields of alloyed gold, three hundred [shekels] of gold he causeth to go up on th... Focus ↗
17 And the king maketh a great throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold; Focus ↗
18 and six steps [are] to the throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and han... Focus ↗
19 and twelve lions are standing there on the six steps on this [side], and on that: it hath not been m... Focus ↗
20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the... Focus ↗
21 for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the... Focus ↗
22 And king Solomon becometh greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom; Focus ↗
23 and all the kings of the earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God (Eloh... Focus ↗
24 and they are bringing in each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, har... Focus ↗
25 And there are to Solomon four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen,... Focus ↗
26 And he is ruling over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto t... Focus ↗
27 And the king maketh the silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, tha... Focus ↗
28 and they are bringing out horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands. Focus ↗
29 And the rest of the matters of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matt... Focus ↗
30 And Solomon reigneth in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years, Focus ↗
31 and Solomon lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David his father, and reign dot... Focus ↗