Verse 9
1 Kings 10:9
New King James Version
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Blessed be the LORD thy God (Elohim), which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יְהִ֨י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ בָּר֔וּךְ אֲשֶׁר֙ חָפֵ֣ץ בְּ/ךָ֔ לְ/תִתְּ/ךָ֖ עַל כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּ/אַהֲבַ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְ/עֹלָ֔ם וַ/יְשִֽׂימְ/ךָ֣ לְ/מֶ֔לֶךְ לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּ/צְדָקָֽה
English Translation
May the LORD your God be blessed, who has desired you to set you on the throne of Israel. In the love of the LORD for Israel forever, He has made you king to do justice and righteousness.
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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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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...
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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:...
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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