2Ch 9:2 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from Solomon which he did not explain to her.

2Ch 9:3 When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house which he had built,

2Ch 9:4 the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, she was breathless.

2Ch 9:5 Then she said to the king, "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

2Ch 9:6 Nevertheless I did not believe their reports until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You surpass the report that I heard.

2Ch 9:7 How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

2Ch 9:8 Blessed be the Lord your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the Lord your God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness."

2Ch 9:9 Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones; there had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

2Ch 9:10 The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones.

2Ch 9:11 From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.

2Ch 9:12 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested besides a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went to her own land with her servants.

2Ch 9:13 Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

2Ch 9:14 besides that which the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

2Ch 9:15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

2Ch 9:16 He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

2Ch 9:17 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

2Ch 9:18 There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

2Ch 9:19 Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

2Ch 9:20 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

2Ch 9:21 For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

2Ch 9:22 So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

2Ch 9:23 And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

2Ch 9:24 They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, so much year by year.

2Ch 9:25 Now Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

2Ch 9:26 He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt.

2Ch 9:27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

2Ch 9:28 And they were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.

2Ch 9:29 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

2Ch 9:30 Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.

2Ch 9:31 And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

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1Ki 10:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with difficult questions.

1Ki 10:2 So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.

1Ki 10:3 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from the king which he did not explain to her.

1Ki 10:4 When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,

1Ki 10:5 the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

1Ki 10:6 Then she said to the king, "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

1Ki 10:7 Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard.

1Ki 10:8 How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom.

1Ki 10:9 Blessed be the Lord your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness."

1Ki 10:10 She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

1Ki 10:11 Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones.

1Ki 10:12 The king made of the almug trees supports for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers; such almug trees have not come in again nor have they been seen to this day.

1Ki 10:13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested, besides what he gave her according to his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land together with her servants.

1Ki 10:14 Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,

1Ki 10:15 besides that from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country.

1Ki 10:16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield.

1Ki 10:17 He made 300 shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

1Ki 10:18 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.

1Ki 10:19 There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

1Ki 10:20 Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

1Ki 10:21 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.

1Ki 10:22 For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

1Ki 10:23 So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

1Ki 10:24 All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

1Ki 10:25 They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

1Ki 10:26 Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

1Ki 10:27 The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland.

1Ki 10:28 Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price.

1Ki 10:29 A chariot was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans.

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1Ki 11:1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

1Ki 11:2 from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love.

1Ki 11:3 He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.

1Ki 11:4 For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

1Ki 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites.

1Ki 11:6 Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not follow the Lord fully, as David his father had done.

1Ki 11:7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon.

1Ki 11:8 Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.

1Ki 11:9 Now the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

1Ki 11:10 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not observe what the Lord had commanded.

1Ki 11:11 So the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant.

1Ki 11:12 Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.

1Ki 11:13 However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem which I have chosen."

1Ki 11:14 Then the Lord raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom.

1Ki 11:15 For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom

1Ki 11:16 (for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom),

1Ki 11:17 that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy.

1Ki 11:18 They arose from Midian and came to Paran; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land.

1Ki 11:19 Now Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

1Ki 11:20 The sister of Tahpenes bore his son Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh.

1Ki 11:21 But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Send me away, that I may go to my own country."

1Ki 11:22 Then Pharaoh said to him, "But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you are seeking to go to your own country?" And he answered, "Nothing; nevertheless you must surely let me go."

1Ki 11:23 God also raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.

1Ki 11:24 He gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, after David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed there, and reigned in Damascus.

1Ki 11:25 So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram.

1Ki 11:26 Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king.

1Ki 11:27 Now this was the reason why he rebelled against the king: Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his father David.

1Ki 11:28 Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.

1Ki 11:29 It came about at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field.

1Ki 11:30 Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.

1Ki 11:31 He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes

1Ki 11:32 (but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel),

1Ki 11:33 because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did.

1Ki 11:34 Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes;

1Ki 11:35 but I will take the kingdom from his son's hand and give it to you, even ten tribes.

1Ki 11:36 But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

1Ki 11:37 I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel.

1Ki 11:38 Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight by observing My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

1Ki 11:39 Thus I will afflict the descendants of David for this, but not always.'"

1Ki 11:40 Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

1Ki 11:41 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

1Ki 11:42 Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.

1Ki 11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.

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Day 172 -- 21 June:   2 Chronicles 9;

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