And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
And when: 1 Kings 10:1, 1 Kings 10:2-13, Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31
Sheba: Genesis 10:7, Genesis 10:28, Genesis 25:3
fame: 2 Chronicles 1:1, 2 Chronicles 1:12, 1 Kings 4:31
questions: Psalms 49:4, Psalms 78:2, Proverbs 1:6, Matthew 13:11, Matthew 13:35
camels: Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:15, Isaiah 60:6
spices: 2 Chronicles 9:9, Matthew 2:11
communed: 1 Samuel 1:15, Psalms 142:2, Matthew 12:34
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:34 - General 1 Chronicles 18:10 - all manner Isaiah 30:6 - riches Isaiah 39:2 - precious things Ezekiel 27:22 - Sheba Daniel 5:12 - doubts Luke 12:27 - that
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
all: Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 18:4, Mark 4:11, Mark 4:34, John 15:15, James 1:5
there: 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 4:29, Colossians 2:3, Hebrews 4:12
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:3 - told her Daniel 5:12 - doubts
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
seen the wisdom: 1 Kings 10:3, Acts 11:23
the house: 2 Chronicles 3:1 - 2 Chronicles 4:22, 1 Kings 6:1 - 1 Kings 7:51
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:4 - Solomon's
And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
the meat: 1 Kings 4:22, 1 Kings 4:23, Proverbs 9:5, John 6:53-57
the sitting: 1 Kings 10:5, Luke 12:37, Revelation 3:20
cupbearers: or, butlers, Nehemiah 1:11
ascent: 2 Chronicles 23:13, 2 Kings 16:18, 1 Chronicles 9:18, Ezekiel 44:3, Ezekiel 46:2
there was: Psalms 119:81, Psalms 143:7, Song of Solomon 5:8, Daniel 10:17, Revelation 1:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 40:11 - hand 1 Kings 10:4 - Solomon's 1 Chronicles 26:16 - causeway Psalms 72:15 - daily Matthew 6:29 - even
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
report: Heb. word, 1 Kings 10:6
acts: or, sayings
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:12 - I have given 2 Chronicles 9:6 - exceedest
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
I believed: John 20:25-29
the one half: 1 Kings 10:7, Psalms 31:19, Zechariah 9:17, 1 Corinthians 2:9, 1 John 3:2
exceedest: 2 Chronicles 9:5, 1 Kings 4:31, 1 Kings 4:34, Song of Solomon 5:9-16
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:6 - report 2 Chronicles 9:23 - sought
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
Deuteronomy 33:9, 1 Kings 10:8, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 84:10-12, Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 3:14, Proverbs 8:34, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 13:20, Luke 10:39-42, Luke 11:28
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 5:7 - Blessed 2 Chronicles 9:23 - sought Daniel 1:5 - stand
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings 10:9, Psalms 18:19, Psalms 22:8, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 62:4
Blessed: 1 Chronicles 29:10, 1 Chronicles 29:20, Psalms 72:18, Psalms 72:19, 2 Corinthians 9:12-15
which delighted: 2 Samuel 15:25, 2 Samuel 15:26
because thy God: 2 Chronicles 2:11, Deuteronomy 7:8, 1 Chronicles 17:22
to do judgment: 2 Samuel 8:15, 2 Samuel 23:3, 1 Kings 3:28, Psalms 72:2, Psalms 99:4, Proverbs 21:3, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 11:1-5, Isaiah 32:1, Isaiah 32:2, Jeremiah 33:15, Jeremiah 33:16, Hebrews 1:8, Hebrews 1:9
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 5:7 - Blessed 1 Kings 10:8 - happy are these 2 Chronicles 13:8 - the kingdom
And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
she gave: 2 Chronicles 9:24, 1 Kings 9:14, 1 Kings 10:10, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:15
of spices: 2 Chronicles 9:1, Genesis 43:11, Exodus 30:34
Sheba: This queen is called Balkis by the Arabians, who say she came from the city of Sheba, also called Mareb, in Yemen or Arabia Felix; but the Ethiopians call her Maqueda, claim her as their sovereign, and say that her posterity reigned there for a long time. Mr. Bruce has given us the history of her and her descendants from Abyssinian records; and Josephus says that Sheba was the ancient name of the city of Meroe - south of Egypt, and sometimes comprehended in Ethiopia and that this princess came from thence. Those who think the princess came from Arabia, rely chiefly on the fact that gold, silver, spices, and precious stones, which were the presents she made to Solomon, are the natural products of that country; and that it may well be placed at the uttermost part of the earth, as it borders on the southern ocean, and formerly they knew no land beyond it.
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 32:23 - presents Song of Solomon 4:14 - the chief Isaiah 39:2 - precious things Revelation 18:13 - cinnamon
And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
brought gold: 2 Chronicles 8:18, 1 Kings 9:27, 1 Kings 9:28, 1 Kings 10:22
algum trees: 1 Kings 10:11, almug-trees
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 32:23 - presents Job 22:24 - lay up Proverbs 31:14 - General
And the king made of the algum trees terraces 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.
terraces: or, stairs, Heb. highways
harps: 1 Kings 10:12, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 25:1, Psalms 92:1-3, Psalms 150:3-5, Revelation 5:8
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:11 - almug Ecclesiastes 2:8 - silver
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, 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.
all her desire: 1 Kings 10:13, Psalms 20:4, Ephesians 3:20
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
the weight: 1 Kings 10:14, 1 Kings 10:15, Psalms 68:29, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:15
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 8:18 - Huram
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
governors: or, captains
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:15 - all the kings 2 Chronicles 17:11 - brought Ezra 4:20 - toll Jeremiah 25:24 - Arabia
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
two: 2 Chronicles 12:9, 2 Chronicles 12:10, 1 Kings 10:16, 1 Kings 10:17
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:36 - beaten 1 Samuel 17:6 - target of brass 2 Samuel 8:7 - shields 1 Kings 14:26 - the shields of gold 1 Chronicles 18:7 - shields Ecclesiastes 2:8 - silver Song of Solomon 4:4 - a thousand
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 house of the forest of Lebanon.
in the house: 1 Kings 7:2
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 8:7 - shields 1 Kings 10:16 - two hundred 1 Kings 14:26 - the shields of gold 1 Chronicles 18:7 - shields 2 Chronicles 12:9 - the shields Song of Solomon 4:4 - a thousand
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 stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
stays: Heb. hands
two lions: Genesis 49:9, Genesis 49:10, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 24:9, Revelation 5:5
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.
twelve lions: Matthew 19:28, Revelation 21:12
And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
drinking: 1 Kings 10:21, Esther 1:7, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:3
pure: Heb. shut up
none were of silver: or, there was no silver in them
it was: 2 Chronicles 9:27, Isaiah 2:22, Jeremiah 31:5
Reciprocal: Isaiah 2:7 - land Matthew 6:29 - even
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
1 Kings 10:22, 1 Kings 22:48, Tharshish
Tarshish: Bochart thinks this Tarshish was probably the promontory Cory, on the north of the island of Ceylon, which, according to him, was the land of Ophir. That it was name of a place in the East Indies, seems probable from the articles brought thence, and also from the ships sent thither being built at Ezion-geber, on the Red Sea; though Michaelis supposes that the fleet coasted along the shore of Africa, doubling the Cape of Good Hope, and came to Tartessus, in Spain, and thence back again the same way; that this accounts for their three years' voyage out and home; and that Spain and the coasts of Africa furnish all the commodities which they brought back.
ivory: or, elephants' teeth
peacocks: Tukkeeyim is rendered taysin in the Targum, פבשםשם, in the Alexandrian manuscript of the LXX, and pavos, "peacocks," in the Vulgate; with which the Syriac, Arabic, and Rabbins agree. This derives confirmation from the fact, that the peacock is called in Malabaric, Togei. Job 39:13
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 20:37 - to Tarshish Psalms 72:10 - General Isaiah 23:1 - ye ships
And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
passed all the kings: 2 Chronicles 1:12, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 3:13, 1 Kings 4:30, 1 Kings 4:31, 1 Kings 10:23, 1 Kings 10:24, Psalms 89:27, Matthew 12:42, Colossians 2:2, Colossians 2:3
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:26 - yet among Ecclesiastes 1:16 - Lo Ecclesiastes 2:9 - General Acts 7:22 - was learned
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
sought: 2 Chronicles 9:6, 2 Chronicles 9:7, 1 Kings 4:34, Isaiah 11:2, Isaiah 11:10
God: 2 Chronicles 1:10-12, 1 Kings 3:28, Proverbs 2:6, Daniel 1:17, Daniel 2:21-23, Daniel 5:11, Luke 21:15, 1 Corinthians 1:30, 1 Corinthians 12:8, Ephesians 1:17, James 1:5, James 1:16, James 1:17, James 3:17
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:31 - his fame 1 Kings 10:23 - exceeded 1 Chronicles 18:10 - all manner Ezra 4:20 - toll Psalms 72:15 - daily Psalms 89:27 - higher Ecclesiastes 1:16 - Lo Ecclesiastes 2:9 - General Ezekiel 16:14 - thy renown
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
every man: 2 Chronicles 9:9, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Kings 9:14, 1 Kings 10:10, 1 Kings 10:25, Job 42:11
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 18:10 - all manner 2 Chronicles 32:23 - presents Ezra 4:20 - toll Psalms 72:15 - daily Psalms 89:27 - higher
And 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.
2 Chronicles 1:14, Deuteronomy 17:16, 1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 10:26
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 9:28 - brought
And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
reigned over: 1 Kings 4:21, 1 Kings 4:24, Psalms 72:8-11, Daniel 7:14, Revelation 19:16
river: "That is, Euphrates." Genesis 15:18, Exodus 23:31, Joshua 13:2-7
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 11:24 - General Deuteronomy 15:6 - thou shalt reign Lamentations 1:1 - great
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
the king: 2 Chronicles 9:20, 2 Chronicles 1:15-17, 1 Kings 10:27-29, Job 22:24, Job 22:25
made: Heb. gave
the sycamore: 1 Chronicles 27:28, Psalms 78:47, Isaiah 9:10, Amos 7:14, Luke 19:4
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 17:5 - he had riches 2 Chronicles 32:27 - exceeding much
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
brought: Moses, says Bp. Warburton, "had expressly prohibited the multiplying of horses - Deuteronomy 17:16, by which the future king was forbidden to establish a body of calvary, because this could not be effected without sending into Egypt, with which people God had forbidden any communication, as this would be dangerous to religion. When Solomon had violated this law, and multiplied horses to excess - 1 Kings 4:26, it was soon attended with those fatal consequences that the law foretold: for this wisest of kings having likewise, in violation of another law, married Pharaoh's daughter - the early fruits of this commerce and then, by a repetition of the same crime, but a transgression of another law, had espoused more strange women - 1 Kings 4:26, 1 Kings 11:1, they first,in defiance of a fourth law, persuaded him to build them idol temples for their use; and afterwards, against a fifth law, brought him to erect other temples for his own." 2 Chronicles 9:25, 2 Chronicles 1:16, 1 Kings 10:28, Isaiah 2:7, Isaiah 2:8, Isaiah 31:1 "
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
the rest: 1 Kings 11:41-43
book: Heb. words
Nathan: 2 Samuel 7:1-3, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:25, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:10, 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 1:22-27, 1 Kings 1:32-38, 1 Chronicles 29:29
Ahijah: 1 Kings 11:29, 1 Kings 14:2
Iddo: 2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 13:22
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:1 - there came 2 Chronicles 10:15 - Ahijah 2 Chronicles 16:11 - the acts of Asa 2 Chronicles 24:27 - story 2 Chronicles 26:22 - first
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
Solomon: 1 Kings 11:42, 1 Kings 11:43
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 4:1 - over all Israel Ecclesiastes 1:1 - king
And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
am 3029, bc 975
slept: 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Kings 1:21, 1 Kings 2:10
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:43 - Rehoboam 2 Chronicles 14:1 - slept 2 Chronicles 21:1 - was buried Matthew 1:7 - Roboam Acts 13:36 - and was