{"id":862,"date":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T13:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/?p=862"},"modified":"2020-03-07T20:54:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T01:54:44","slug":"1ki10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki10\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Kings 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 10<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not <span class=\"add\">any<\/span> thing hid from the king, which he told her not.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon\u2019s wisdom, and the house that he had built,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen <span class=\"add\">it:<\/span> and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Happy <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> thy men, happy <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, <span class=\"add\">and<\/span> that hear thy wisdom.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Blessed be the LORD thy God, 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.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king\u2019s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside <span class=\"add\">that<\/span> which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Beside <span class=\"add\">that he had<\/span> of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred <span class=\"add\">shekels<\/span> of gold went to one target.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne <span class=\"add\">was<\/span> round behind: and <span class=\"add\">there were<\/span> stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And all king Solomon\u2019s drinking vessels <span class=\"add\">were of<\/span> gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon <span class=\"add\">were of<\/span> pure gold; none <span class=\"add\">were of<\/span> silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the king made silver <span class=\"add\">to be<\/span> in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he <span class=\"add\">to be<\/span> as the sycomore trees that <span class=\"add\">are<\/span> in the vale, for abundance. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king\u2019s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred <span class=\"add\">shekels<\/span> of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring <span class=\"add\">them<\/span> out by their means. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>1 Kings Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/1ki22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 1\u00a0And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. 2\u00a0And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3\u00a0And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 4\u00a0And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon\u2019s wisdom, and the house that he had built, 5\u00a0And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 6\u00a0And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 7\u00a0Howbeit 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. 8\u00a0Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9\u00a0Blessed be the LORD thy God, 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. 10\u00a0And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1kings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3776,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions\/3776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}