2 Chronicles 9:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to Jerusalem to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions; and with her came a very great train, and camels weighted down with spices, and great stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

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  • Matt 12:42 : 42 The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.
  • Luke 11:31 : 31 The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.
  • 1 Kgs 10:1-9 : 1 Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind. 3 And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made, 5 And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true. 7 But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said. 8 Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom. 9 May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness. 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. 11 And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels. 12 And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day. 13 And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.
  • Gen 10:7 : 7 And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
  • 2 Chr 9:9 : 9 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.
  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
  • Ps 72:10 : 10 Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands come back with offerings; let the kings of Sheba and Seba give of their stores.
  • Ps 72:15 : 15 May he have long life, and may gold from Sheba be given to him: may prayers be made for him at all times; may blessings be on him every day.
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
  • Ps 142:2 : 2 I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
  • Isa 60:6 : 6 You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.
  • Matt 2:11 : 11 And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.
  • Gen 10:28 : 28 And Obal and Abimael and Sheba
  • Gen 25:3 : 3 And Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And from Dedan came the Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim.
  • 1 Sam 1:15 : 15 And Hannah, answering him, said, No, my lord, I am a woman whose spirit is broken with sorrow: I have not taken wine or strong drink, but I have been opening my heart before the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 4:31 : 31 For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
  • 2 Chr 1:1 : 1 And Solomon, the son of David, made himself strong in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and made him very great.
  • 2 Chr 1:12 : 12 Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

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  • 1 Kgs 10:1-7
    7 verses
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    1Now the queen of Sheba, hearing great things of Solomon, came to put his wisdom to the test with hard questions.

    2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

    3And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.

    4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

    5And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

    6And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.

    7But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and now I see that it was not half the story; your wisdom and your wealth are much greater than they said.

  • 2 Chr 9:2-6
    5 verses
    87%

    2And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which he did not make clear to her.

    3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,

    4And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants and their robes, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

    5And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.

    6But I had no faith in what was said about you, till I came and saw for myself; and truly, word was not given me of half your great wisdom; you are much greater than they said.

  • 2 Chr 9:9-10
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    9And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never had such spices been seen as the queen of Sheba gave to Solomon.

    10And the servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with sandal-wood and jewels.

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    12And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what she had taken to the king. So she went back to her country with her servants.

    13Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

    14And in addition to what he got from traders of different sorts, all the kings of Arabia and the rulers of the country gave gold and silver to Solomon.

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    13And King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she made request for, in addition to what he gave her freely from the impulse of his heart. So she went back to her country, she and her servants.

    14Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents;

    15In addition to what came to him from the business of the traders, and from all the kings of the Arabians, and from the rulers of the country.

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    10And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great store of spices and jewels: never again was such a wealth of spices seen as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

    11And the sea-force of Hiram, in addition to gold from Ophir, came back with much sandal-wood and jewels.

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    21For the king had Tarshish-ships sailing with the servants of Huram: once every three years the Tarshish-ships came back with gold and silver, ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    22And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    23And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

    24And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses and beasts for transport, regularly year by year.

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    22For the king had Tarshish-ships at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the Tarshish-ships came with gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.

    23And King Solomon was greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and in wisdom.

    24And from all over the earth they came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

    25And everyone took with him an offering, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and robes, and coats of metal, and spices, and horses, and beasts of transport, regularly year by year.

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    27Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.

    28And they came to Ophir, where they got four hundred and twenty talents of gold, and took it back to King Solomon.

  • 34People came from every nation to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had word of his wisdom.

  • 28They got horses for Solomon from Egypt and from every land.

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    10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, so that I may go out and come in before this people: for who is able to be the judge of this great people of yours?

    11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you did not make request for money, property, or honour, or for the destruction of your haters, or for long life; but you have made request for wisdom and knowledge for yourself, so that you may be the judge of my people over whom I have made you king:

    12Wisdom and knowledge are given to you; and I will give you wealth and honour, such as no king has had before you or ever will have after you.

    13So Solomon went back from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of meeting, to Jerusalem; and he was king over Israel.

  • 1Now when Solomon came to the end of building the house of the Lord and the king's house, and all Solomon's desires, which he had in mind were effected;

  • 31The queen of the South will come up on the day of judging and give her decision against the men of this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

  • 42The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

  • 11Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

  • 7In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.

  • 16Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;

  • 2And Solomon sent word to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every chief in all Israel, heads of their families.

  • 16And Solomon's horses came out of Egypt; the king's traders got them from Kue at a price.

  • 28And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

  • 19So Bath-sheba went to King Solomon to have talk with him on Adonijah's account. And the king got up to come to her, and went down low to the earth before her; then he took his place on the king's seat and had a seat made ready for the king's mother and she took her place at his right hand.

  • 6You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.

  • 22The traders of Sheba and Raamah did trade with you; they gave the best of all sorts of spices and all sorts of stones of great price and gold for your goods.