# 2 Chronicles 09 đź“–
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## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Solomon Entertains a Queen
[[#Verse 01.]] When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind.Â
[[#Verse 02.]]Â Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.Â
[[#Verse 03.]] When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon’s wisdom, the palace he had built,Â
[[#Verse 04.]] the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord’s temple, she was amazed.Â
[[#Verse 05.]] She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!Â
[[#Verse 06.]] I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn’t hear even half the story! Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me.Â
[[#Verse 07.]]Â Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy!Â
[[#Verse 08.]] May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf. Because of your God’s love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions.”
[[#Verse 09.]] She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.Â
[[#Verse 10.]] (Huram’s servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as fine timber and precious gems.
[[#Verse 11.]] With the timber the king made steps for the Lord’s temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah before that.)
[[#Verse 12.]] King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.
### Solomon’s Wealth
[[#Verse 13.]] Solomon received 666 talents of gold per year,Â
[[#Verse 14.]] besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.Â
[[#Verse 15.]] King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.Â
[[#Verse 16.]] He also made 300 small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.
[[#Verse 17.]]Â The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.Â
[[#Verse 18.]] There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side.
[[#Verse 19.]]Â There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.
[[#Verse 20.]] All of King Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon’s time.
[[#Verse 21.]] The king had a fleet of large merchant ships manned by Huram’s men that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
[[#Verse 22.]]Â King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.Â
[[#Verse 23.]]Â All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.Â
[[#Verse 24.]]Â Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules.
[[#Verse 25.]] Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and also with him in Jerusalem.Â
[[#Verse 26.]] He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt.Â
[[#Verse 27.]] The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the foothills.Â
[[#Verse 28.]]Â Solomon acquired horses from Egypt and from all the lands.
### Solomon’s Reign Ends
[[#Verse 29.]] The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Nathan the Prophet, the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and the Vision of Iddo the Seer pertaining to Jeroboam son of Nebat.Â
[[#Verse 30.]]Â Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.Â
[[#Verse 31.]] Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.
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- "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation."
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