1 Kings 10 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition（CEVDCI）

The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon(2 Chronicles 9.1-12)

1 and officials are lucky to be here where they can listen to the wise things you say.

9I praise the Lord your God. He is pleased with you and has made you king of Israel. The Lord has always loved Israel, so he has given them a king who will rule fairly and honestly.

10The Queen of Sheba gave Solomon more than four tons of gold, many jewels, and more spices than anyone had ever brought into Israel.

11-13In return, Solomon gave her the gifts he would have given any other ruler, but he also gave her everything else she wanted. Then she and her officials went back to their own country.

Solomon's Wealth(2 Chronicles 9.13-28)

King Hiram's ships brought gold, juniper wood, and jewels from the country of Ophir. Solomon used the wood to make steps for the temple and palace, and harps and other stringed instruments for the musicians. It was the best juniper wood anyone in Israel had ever seen.

14Solomon received almost 23 tons of gold a year.

15The merchants and traders, as well as the kings of Arabia and rulers from Israel, also gave him gold.

16Solomon made 200 gold shields and used almost seven kilograms of gold for each one.

17He also made 300 smaller gold shields, using almost two kilograms for each one, and he put the shields in his palace in Forest Hall.

18His throne was made of ivory and covered with pure gold.

19-20The back of the throne was rounded at the top, and it had armrests on each side. There was a statue of a lion on both sides of the throne, and there was a statue of a lion at both ends of each of the six steps leading up to the throne. No other throne in the world was like Solomon's.

21Since silver was almost worthless in those days, everything was made of gold, even the cups and dishes used in Forest Hall.

22Solomon had a lot of seagoing ships. Every three years he sent them out with Hiram's ships to bring back gold, silver, and ivory, as well as monkeys and peacocks.

23He was the richest and wisest king in the world.

24People from every nation wanted to hear the wisdom God had given him.

25Year after year people came and brought gifts of silver and gold, as well as clothes, weapons, spices, horses, or mules.

26 They paid 600 pieces of silver for a chariot and 150 pieces of silver for a horse. They also sold horses and chariots to the Hittite and Syrian kings.