10When the queen of Sheba^o heard about the fame^p of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions.^q ²Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan^r—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind. ³Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her. ⁴When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built, ⁵the food on his table,^s the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at^a the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.

⁶She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. ⁷But I did not believe^t these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth^u you have far exceeded the report I heard. ⁸How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear^v your wisdom! ⁹Praise^w be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love^x for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice^y and righteousness.”

¹⁰And she gave the king 120 talents^b of gold,^z large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Footnotes

aOr the ascent by which he went up to
bThat is, about 4 1/2 tons or about 4 metric tons

Cross references

oSee Ge 10:7, 28; See 25:3; Mt 12:42; Lk 11:31
p Eze 16:14
qSee Nu 12:8; See Jdg 14:12
rSee Ge 24:10
s 1 Ki 4:22
tSee Ge 45:26
u 1 Ch 29:25
v Pr 8:34
wSee 1 Ki 5:7; See Isa 42:10
xSee Dt 7:8
y Ps 11:7; 33:5; 72:2; 99:4; 103:6
zSee 1 Ki 9:28; Isa 60:6