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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
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The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon and his connection with the Name of GOD. She came to put his reputation to the test by asking tough questions.
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When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
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Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
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When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's reputation, which brought honor to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with hard questions.
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And 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.
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She made a grand and showy entrance into Jerusalem--camels loaded with spices, a huge amount of gold, and precious gems. She came to Solomon and talked about all the things that she cared about, emptying her heart to him.
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Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan-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.
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She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.
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She arrived in Jerusalem with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, huge quantities of gold, and precious jewels. When she met with Solomon, they talked about everything she had on her mind.
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And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
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Solomon answered everything she put to him--nothing stumped him.
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Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
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So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to her.
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Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her.
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
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When the queen of Sheba experienced for herself Solomon's wisdom and saw with her own eyes the palace he had built,
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When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built,
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,
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When the queen of Sheba realized how wise Solomon was, and when she saw the palace he had built,
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And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
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the meals that were served, the impressive array of court officials and sharply dressed waiters, the lavish crystal, and the elaborate worship extravagant with Whole-Burnt-Offerings at the steps leading up to The Temple of GOD, it took her breath away.
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the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.
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the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.
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she was breathless. She was also amazed at the food on his tables, the organization of his officials and their splendid clothing, the cup-bearers and their robes, and the burnt offerings Solomon made at the Temple of the LORD.
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And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
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She said to the king, "It's all true! Your reputation for accomplishment and wisdom that reached all the way to my country is confirmed.
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She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true.
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Then she said to the king: "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.
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She exclaimed to the king, "Everything I heard in my country about your achievements and wisdom is true!
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Howbeit 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.
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I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself; they didn't exaggerate! Such wisdom and elegance--far more than I could ever have imagined.
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But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard.
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However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard.
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I didn't believe it until I arrived here and saw it with my own eyes. Truly I had not heard the half of it! Your wisdom and prosperity are far greater than what I was told.
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Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
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Lucky the men and women who work for you, getting to be around you every day and hear your wise words firsthand!
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How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
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Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
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How happy these people must be! What a privilege for your officials to stand here day after day, listening to your wisdom!
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Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
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And blessed be GOD your God, who took such a liking to you and made you king. Clearly, GOD's love for Israel is behind this, making you king to keep a just order and nurture a God-pleasing people."
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Praise 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 for Israel, he has made you king, to maintain justice and righteousness."
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Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the LORD has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness."
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The LORD your God is great indeed! He delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because the LORD loves Israel with an eternal love, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness."
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And she gave 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.
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She then gave the king four and a half tons of gold, and also sack after sack of spices and expensive gems. There hasn't been a cargo of spices like that since that shipload the queen of Sheba brought to King Solomon.
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And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, 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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Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great quantity, and precious stones. There never again came such abundance of spices as the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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Then she gave the king a gift of nine thousand pounds of gold, and great quantities of spices and precious jewels. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.
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And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
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The ships of Hiram also imported gold from Ophir along with tremendous loads of fragrant sandalwood and expensive gems.
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(Hiram's ships brought gold from Ophir; and from there they brought great cargoes of almugwood and precious stones.
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Also, the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought great quantities of almug wood and precious stones from Ophir.
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(When Hiram's ships brought gold from Ophir, they also brought rich cargoes of almug wood and precious jewels.
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And 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.
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The king used the sandalwood for fine cabinetry in The Temple of GOD and the palace complex, and for making harps and dulcimers for the musicians. Nothing like that shipment of sandalwood has been seen since.
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The king used the almugwood to make supports for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. So much almugwood has never been imported or seen since that day.)
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And the king made steps of the almug wood for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers. There never again came such almug wood, nor has the like been seen to this day.
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The king used the almug wood to make railings for the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and to construct harps and lyres for the musicians. Never before or since has there been such a supply of beautiful almug wood.)
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And 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.
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King Solomon for his part gave the queen of Sheba all her heart's desire--everything she asked for, on top of what he had already so generously given her. Satisfied, she returned home with her train of servants. [JC]
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King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
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Now King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, besides what Solomon had given her according to the royal generosity. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba whatever she asked for, besides all the other customary gifts he had so generously given. Then she and all her attendants left and returned to their own land.
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Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
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Solomon received twenty-five tons of gold in tribute annually.
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The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,
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The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
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Each year Solomon received about twenty-five tons of gold.
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Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
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This was above and beyond the taxes and profit on trade with merchants and assorted kings and governors.
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not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the land.
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besides that from the traveling merchants, from the income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.
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This did not include the additional revenue he received from merchants and traders, all the kings of Arabia, and the governors of the land.
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And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
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King Solomon crafted two hundred body-length shields of hammered gold--seven and a half pounds of gold to each shield
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King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred bekas of gold went into each shield.
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And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
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King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, each containing over fifteen pounds of gold.
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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-and three hundred smaller shields about half that size. He stored the shields in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
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He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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He also made three hundred smaller shields of hammered gold, each containing nearly four pounds of gold. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
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Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
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The king built a massive throne of ivory accented with a veneer of gold.
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Then the king made a great throne inlaid with ivory and overlaid with fine gold.
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Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
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Then the king made a huge ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.
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The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
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The throne had six steps leading up to it, its back shaped like an arch. The armrests on each side were flanked by lions.
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The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.
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The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round at the back; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests.
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The throne had six steps and a rounded back. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with the figure of a lion standing on each side of the throne.
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And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
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Lions, twelve of them, were placed at either end of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any of the surrounding kingdoms.
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Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like it had ever been made for any other kingdom.
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Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.
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Solomon made twelve other lion figures, one standing on each end of each of the six steps. No other throne in all the world could be compared with it!
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And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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King Solomon's chalices and tankards were made of gold and all the dinnerware and serving utensils in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold--nothing was made of silver; silver was considered common and cheap.
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All King Solomon's goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon's days.
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All King Solomon's drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
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All of King Solomon's drinking cups were solid gold, as were all the utensils in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon. They were not made of silver because silver was considered of little value in Solomon's day!
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For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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The king had a fleet of ocean-going ships at sea with Hiram's ships. Every three years the fleet would bring in a cargo of gold, silver, and ivory, and apes and peacocks.
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The king had a fleet of trading ships at sea along with the ships of Hiram. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.
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For the king had merchant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.
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The king had a fleet of trading ships that sailed with Hiram's fleet. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded down with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
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King Solomon was wiser and richer than all the kings of the earth--he surpassed them all.
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King Solomon was greater in riches and wisdom than all the other kings of the earth.
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So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king in all the earth.
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And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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People came from all over the world to be with Solomon and drink in the wisdom God had given him.
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The whole world sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
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Now all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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People from every nation came to visit him and to hear the wisdom God had given him.
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And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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And everyone who came brought gifts--artifacts of gold and silver, fashionable robes and gowns, the latest in weapons, exotic spices, and horses and mules--parades of visitors, year after year.
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Year after year, everyone who came brought a gift-articles of silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules.
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Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.
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Year after year, everyone who came to visit brought him gifts of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
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And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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Solomon collected chariots and horses: fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses! He stabled them in the special chariot cities as well as in Jerusalem.
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Solomon accumulated chariots and horses; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
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And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
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Solomon built up a huge force of chariots and horses. He had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses. He stationed many of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem.
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And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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The king made silver as common as rocks and cedar as common as the fig trees in the lowland hills.
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The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as plentiful as sycamore-fig trees in the foothills.
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The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.
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The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones. And valuable cedarwood was as common as the sycamore wood that grows in the foothills of Judah.
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And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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His horses were brought in from Egypt and Cilicia, specially acquired by the king's agents.
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Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue - the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
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Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king's merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price.
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Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Cilicia; the king's traders acquired them from Cilicia at the standard price.
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And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
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Chariots from Egypt went for fifteen pounds of silver and a horse for about three and three-quarter pounds of silver. Solomon carried on a brisk horse-trading business with the Hittite and Aramean royal houses.
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They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.
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Now a chariot that was imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty; and thus, through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.
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At that time, Egyptian chariots delivered to Jerusalem could be purchased for 600 pieces of silver, and horses could be bought for 150 pieces of silver. Many of these were then resold to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
