Verse 7
1 Kings 10:7
New King James Version
7
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen
it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לֹֽא הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי לַ/דְּבָרִ֗ים עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר בָּ֨אתִי֙ וַ/תִּרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינַ֔/י וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה לֹֽא הֻגַּד לִ֖/י הַ/חֵ֑צִי הוֹסַ֤פְתָּ חָכְמָה֙ וָ/ט֔וֹב אֶל הַ/שְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי
English Translation
And I did not believe the words until I came and my eyes saw, and behold, it was not told to me; you have added wisdom and goodness to the report that I heard.
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Chapter 10 Context
1
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came t...
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And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold,...
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3
And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not
any
thing hid from the king, which he told he...
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4
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,
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5
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and...
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6
And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy...
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7
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen
it: and, behold, the half was...
8
Happy
are thy men, happy
are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee,
and that hear...
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9
Blessed be the LORD thy God (Elohim), which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel:...
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10
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and pre...
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11
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almu...
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12
And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, ha...
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13
And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside
that whic...
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14
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents o...
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15
Beside
that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the ki...
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16
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred
shekels of gold went to one ta...
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17
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the ki...
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18
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
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19
The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne
was round behind: and
there were stays on either...
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20
And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the...
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21
And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels
were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest...
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22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the nav...
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23
So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
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24
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God (Elohim) had put in his heart.
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25
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and ar...
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26
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots...
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27
And the king made silver
to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he
to be as the sycomore tree...
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28
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen...
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29
And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred
shekels
of silver, and an horse for an...
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