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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, 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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The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's reputation and came to Jerusalem to put his reputation to the test, asking all the tough questions. She made a showy entrance--an impressive retinue of attendants and camels loaded with perfume and much gold and precious stones. She emptied her heart to Solomon, talking over everything she cared about.
2Chr.9.1
When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. Arriving 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 she had on her mind.
2Chr.9.1
Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, having a very great retinue, camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.
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When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's reputation, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. She arrived with a large group of attendants and a great caravan of camels loaded with spices, huge quantities of gold, and precious jewels.
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And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
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And Solomon answered everything she put to him--nothing stumped him.
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Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her.
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So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for Solomon that he could not explain it to her.
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When she met with Solomon, they talked about everything she had on her mind. Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for him to explain to her.
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, 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 the wisdom of Solomon, as well as the palace he had built,
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And when the queen of Sheba had seen 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; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into 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, the sharply dressed waiters, the cupbearers, and then the elaborate worship extravagant with Whole-Burnt-Offerings at The Temple of GOD, it all took her breath away.
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the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes 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 their apparel, 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 which I heard in mine own land of thine 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 their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that 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 what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half the greatness of your wisdom was told me; you have far exceeded the report I heard.
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However I did not believe their words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You 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 is far greater than what I was told.
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Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and 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 his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
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And blessed be your GOD who has taken such a liking to you, making 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 his throne as king to rule for the LORD your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness."
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Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, 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 to rule for him. Because God loves Israel so much and desires this kingdom to last forever, 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 great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
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She then gave the king four and a half tons of gold and sack after sack of spices and precious stones. There hasn't been a cargo of spices like the shipload the queen of Sheba brought to King Solomon.
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Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious stones; there never were any spices such as those 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 before had there been spices as fine as those the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.
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And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
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The ships of Hiram also imported gold from Ophir along with fragrant sandalwood and expensive gems.
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(The men of Hiram and the men of Solomon brought gold from Ophir; they also brought algumwood and precious stones.
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Also, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones.
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(When the crews of Hiram and Solomon 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 algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
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The king used the sandalwood for fine cabinetry in The Temple of GOD and the royal palace, 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 algumwood to make steps for the temple of the LORD and for the royal palace, and to make harps and lyres for the musicians. Nothing like them had ever been seen in Judah.)
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And the king made walkways of the algum wood for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers; and there were none such as these seen before in the land of Judah.
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The king used the almug wood to make steps for the Temple of the LORD and the royal palace, and to construct harps and lyres for the musicians. Never before had there been such beautiful instruments in Judah.)
2Chr.9.12
And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
2Chr.9.12
King Solomon, for his part, gave the queen of Sheba all her heart's desire--everything she asked for. She took away more than she brought. Satisfied, she returned home with her train of servants. [JC]
2Chr.9.12
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for; he gave her more than she had brought to him. Then she left and returned with her retinue to her own country.
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Now King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than she had brought to the king. 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--gifts of greater value than the gifts she had given him. Then she and all her attendants left and returned to their own land.
2Chr.9.13
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
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Solomon received twenty-five tons of gold annually.
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The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents,
2Chr.9.13
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 25 tons of gold.
2Chr.9.14
Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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This was above and beyond the taxes and profit on trade with merchants and traders. All kings of Arabia and various and assorted governors also brought silver and gold to Solomon.
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not including the revenues brought in by merchants and traders. Also all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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besides what the traveling merchants and traders brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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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 also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
2Chr.9.15
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
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King Solomon crafted 200 body-length shields of hammered gold--about fifteen pounds of gold to each shield
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King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred bekas of hammered gold went into each shield.
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And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
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King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold, each containing over 15 pounds of gold.
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And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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-and about 300 small 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 hundred bekas 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 hundred shekels 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 about 7 1/2 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 pure gold.
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The king made a massive throne of ivory with a veneer of gold.
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Then the king made a great throne inlaid with ivory and overlaid with pure 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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And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
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The throne had six steps leading up to it with an attached footstool of gold. The armrests on each side were flanked by lions.
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The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. 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, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne; 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 there was a footstool of gold attached to it. 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 other kingdom.
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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 the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing 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 in the time of Solomon.
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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 day.
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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's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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The king's ships, manned by Hiram's sailors, made a round trip to Tarshish every three years, returning with a cargo of gold, silver, and ivory, apes and peacocks.
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The king had a fleet of trading ships manned by Hiram's men. Once every three years it returned, carrying gold, silver and ivory, and apes and baboons.
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For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants 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 manned by the sailors sent by Hiram. Once every three years the ships returned, loaded down with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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King Solomon was richer and wiser 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 kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
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Kings came from all over the world to be with Solomon and get in on the wisdom God had given him.
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All the kings of the earth sought audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.
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And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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Kings 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 raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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Everyone who came brought gifts--artifacts of gold and silver, fashionable robes and gowns, the latest in weapons, exotic spices, 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, and 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.
2Chr.9.25
And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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Solomon collected horses and chariots. He had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen in barracks in the chariot-cities and in Jerusalem.
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Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses, which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
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Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
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Solomon had four thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand horses. He stationed many of them in the chariot cities, and some near him in Jerusalem.
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And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
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He ruled over all the kings from the River Euphrates in the east, throughout the Philistine country, and as far west as the border of Egypt.
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He ruled over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
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So he reigned over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
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He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt.
2Chr.9.27
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in 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 they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
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He carried on a brisk horse-trading business with Egypt and other places. [JC]
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Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from all other countries.
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And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.
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Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and many other countries.
2Chr.9.29
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
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The rest of Solomon's life and rule, from start to finish, one can read in the records of Nathan the prophet, the prophecy of Ahijah of Shiloh, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.
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As for the other events of Solomon's reign, 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?
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Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
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The rest of the events of Solomon's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Nathan the Prophet and in The Prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and also in The Visions of Iddo the Seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.
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And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
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Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
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Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
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Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
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Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
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And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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Solomon died and was buried in the City of David his father. His son Rehoboam was the next king.
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Then he rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And Rehoboam his son succeeded him as king.
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Then Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
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When he died, he was buried in the city of his father, David. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.
