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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.
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And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great store of spices and precious stones; never
again did there come such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
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And the navy of Hiram, that had brought the gold from Ophir, also brought in from Ophir a great plenty of brazil wood and precious stones.
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And the king made of the brazil wood banisters for the house of the LORD and for the king’s houses, harps also and psalteries for the singers; there never had been such brazil wood, nor was it seen
again unto this day.
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And King Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, beside
that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her slaves.
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Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
15
besides
what he had from the merchantmen and from the trade of the spice merchants and from all the kings of Arabia and from the princes of the land.
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And King Solomon made two hundred shields
of beaten gold; six hundred
shekels of gold went into each shield.
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Likewise
he made three hundred shields
of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.