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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 enigmas.
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And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore 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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And Solomon told her all her questions; there was not
any thing hid from the king, which he did not tell 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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likewise the food of his table and the sitting of his slaves and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel, and his butlers and his burnt offering which he sacrificed in the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.
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And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of thy words and of thy wisdom.
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But I did not believe it until I came, and my eyes have seen that not even the half was told me. Thy wisdom and good exceeds the fame which I heard.
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Blessed
are thy men, blessed
are these thy slaves, who stand continually before thee
and that hear thy wisdom.
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Blessed be the LORD thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; because the LORD has always loved Israel, therefore he made thee king, to do justice and righteousness.