1 Kings 10:1–13

And when the ^aqueen of ^bSheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with ^chard questions. ²And 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. ³And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. ⁴And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built, ⁵and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and ^dhis ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord; ^ethere was no more spirit in her. ⁶And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. ⁷Howbeit 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. ^8fHappy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. ^9gBlessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: ^hbecause the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, ⁱto do judgment and justice. ¹⁰And she ^jgave 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. ^11kAnd the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from ^lOphir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. ¹²And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. ¹³And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.