¶ And when¹ the queen of Sheba² heard of the fame³ of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions⁴ at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels⁵ that bare spices⁶, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed⁷ with him of all that was in her heart.

And Solomon told her all⁸ her questions: and there⁹ was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom¹⁰ of Solomon, and the house¹¹ that he had built,

And the meat¹² of his table, and the sitting¹³ of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers¹⁴ also, and their apparel; and his ascent¹⁵ by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was¹⁶ no more spirit in her.

And she said to the king, It was a true report¹⁷ which I heard in mine own land of thine acts¹⁸, and of thy wisdom:

Howbeit I believed¹⁹ not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half²⁰ of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest²¹ the fame that I heard.

²²Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

Blessed²³ be the LORD thy God, which delighted²⁴ in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God²⁶ loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment²⁷ and justice.

And she gave²⁸ the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices²⁹ great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba³⁰ gave king Solomon.

¶ And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold³¹ from Ophir, brought algum trees³² and precious stones.

And the king made of the algum trees terraces³⁴ to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire³⁵, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

¶ Now the weight³⁶ of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

Beside that which chapmen³⁷ and merchants³⁹ brought. And all the kings of Arabia⁴⁰ and governors⁴¹ of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

And king Solomon made two⁴² hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house⁴⁴ of the forest of Lebanon.

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays⁴⁶ on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

And twelve lions⁴⁷ stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

¶ And all the drinking⁴⁸ vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure⁴⁹ gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

For the king's ships went to Tarshish⁵⁰ with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

And king Solomon passed all the kings⁵³ of the earth in riches and wisdom.

And all the kings of the earth sought⁵⁴ the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God⁵⁵ had put in his heart.

And they brought every man⁵⁷ his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

⁵⁸And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

And he reigned over⁵⁹ all the kings from the river⁶⁰ even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

And the king⁶¹ made⁶² silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

And they brought⁶³ unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

Now the rest⁶⁴ of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book⁶⁵ of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah⁶⁶ the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo⁶⁷ the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

¶ And Solomon⁶⁸ reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

And Solomon slept⁶⁹ with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.