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    2 Chronicles 9

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    Solomon received exactly 666 talents of gold each year, while silver in Jerusalem had become so ordinary that it was “accounted as nothing”; then, every three years, the royal ships arrived with apes and peacocks among the treasure.

    The queen arrives with questionsvv. 1–12

    The Queen of Sheba came to Jerusalem with a caravan so lavishly laden that the camels themselves seem to have drawn up for an examination: spices, gold, and precious stones. She brought difficult questions; Solomon answered every one. Then she inspected the palace, the meals, the servants, the cupbearers, and the burnt offerings, and found that the reports had been understated—“not half” of his wisdom had reached her ears. She gave him gold, spices, and stones; he gave her whatever she desired, and rather more besides. The queen then returned home with her servants, while a parenthesis quietly adds that algum wood from Ophir became stairs, lyres, and harps unlike anything seen in Judah.

    A kingdom furnished in goldvv. 13–28

    After the queen’s visit, the chapter opens the royal cupboards. Solomon’s yearly gold is counted at 666 talents, before the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors have added their contributions. There are hammered-gold shields, an ivory throne overlaid with gold, lions standing beside its arms and along its six steps, and gold cups because silver has ceased to seem worth mentioning. The ships of Tarshish arrive every three years with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks—a cargo assembled with the air of a very wealthy menagerie. Kings come to hear Solomon’s wisdom and bring tribute; horses come from Egypt and all lands; silver becomes as common in Jerusalem as stones. Solomon reigns from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

    The end of Solomon’s reignvv. 29–31

    The remaining acts of Solomon are left with Nathan, Ahijah, and Iddo. Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years, rested with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. Rehoboam took the throne after him; the chapter closes with the succession, briskly enough after all those lions.

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    1. 2 Chr 9:1Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. And she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.

    2. 2 Chr 9:2And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.

    3. 2 Chr 9:3When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,

    4. 2 Chr 9:4the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, the attire of his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

    5. 2 Chr 9:5She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.

    6. 2 Chr 9:6But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.

    7. 2 Chr 9:7How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

    8. 2 Chr 9:8Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”

    9. 2 Chr 9:9Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

    10. 2 Chr 9:10(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.

    11. 2 Chr 9:11The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)

    12. 2 Chr 9:12King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

    13. 2 Chr 9:13The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,

    14. 2 Chr 9:14not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

    15. 2 Chr 9:15King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.

    16. 2 Chr 9:16He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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

    18. 2 Chr 9:18The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.

    19. 2 Chr 9:19Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.

    20. 2 Chr 9:20All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

    21. 2 Chr 9:21For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

    22. 2 Chr 9:22So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

    23. 2 Chr 9:23All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.

    24. 2 Chr 9:24Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

    25. 2 Chr 9:25Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

    26. 2 Chr 9:26He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

    27. 2 Chr 9:27The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

    28. 2 Chr 9:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.

    29. 2 Chr 9:29As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

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

    31. 2 Chr 9:31And Solomon rested 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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    • 1Matthew 12:42The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
    • 251 Kings 4:26Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
    • 1Luke 11:31The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
    • 82 Chronicles 2:11Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”
    • 102 Chronicles 8:18So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
    • 222 Chronicles 1:12therefore wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. And I will also give you riches and wealth and honor unlike anything given to the kings before you or after you.”
    • 261 Kings 4:21And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
    • 26Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
    • 291 Chronicles 29:29Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,
    • 311 Kings 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
    • 12 Chronicles 9:9Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
    • 11 Kings 10:1–13Now 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.
    • 81 Chronicles 29:23So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
    • 8Isaiah 32:1–2Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
    • 23James 3:17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.
    • 23James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

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