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, beside that which Solomon gave her ^†of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.