The Queen of Sheba
And the queen of Sheba heard the report of Solomon; and she came to test Solomon with riddles, at Jerusalem, with a very weighty retinue — camels carrying spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stone. And she came to Solomon, and spoke with him all that was with her heart.
And Solomon answered all her questions; and nothing was hidden from Solomon that he did not answer for her.
And the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house he had built,
and the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the standing of his ministers and their attire, and his cupbearers and their attire, and his ascent by which he would go up to the house of the LORD — and there was no more spirit in her.
And she said to the king: “The word was true that I heard in my own land about your affairs and about your wisdom.
But I did not believe their words until I came and my own eyes saw — and look, not the half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have exceeded the report I heard.
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, standing before you continually and hearing your wisdom.
Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne as king for the LORD your God! Because your God loved Israel, to make them stand forever, he set you over them as king — to do justice and righteousness.”
And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there was never spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
And also the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum timber and precious stone.
And the king made of the algum timber steps for the house of the LORD and for the house of the king, and lyres and harps for the singers; and the like of them had never before been seen in the land of Judah.
And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked — besides what she had brought to the king. And she turned and went to her own land, she and her servants.
Solomon’s Wealth and Splendor
And the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
besides what the traders and the merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land were bringing gold and silver to Solomon.
And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold — six hundred shekels of beaten gold went up on each shield —
and three hundred small shields of beaten gold — three hundred shekels of gold went up on each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
And the throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold, fastened to the throne; and armrests on either side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests.
And twelve lions were standing there, on the six steps, on either side. Nothing like it was ever made for any kingdom.
And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were solid gold; silver was counted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
For the king had ships going to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come, carrying gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
And all the kings of the earth were seeking the face of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
And they were each bringing his gift — vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, weapons, and spices, horses, and mules — the portion of a year in its year.
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he stationed them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem.
And he was ruling over all the kings, from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
And the king made the silver in Jerusalem like the stones, and the cedars he made like the sycamores that are in the lowland, for abundance.
And they were bringing horses out of Egypt for Solomon, and from all the lands.
The Death of Solomon
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, the first and the 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 Jedo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
And Solomon lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father; and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.