Book of 2 Chronicles - Chapter 9

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

2-CHRONICLES 9:1

And Solomon told her all her questions and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

2-CHRONICLES 9:2

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

2-CHRONICLES 9:3

And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

2-CHRONICLES 9:4

And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom

2-CHRONICLES 9:5

Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

2-CHRONICLES 9:6

Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

2-CHRONICLES 9:7

Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

2-CHRONICLES 9:8

And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

2-CHRONICLES 9:9

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

2-CHRONICLES 9:10

And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

2-CHRONICLES 9:11

And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

2-CHRONICLES 9:12

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

2-CHRONICLES 9:13

Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

2-CHRONICLES 9:14

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

2-CHRONICLES 9:15

And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

2-CHRONICLES 9:16

Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

2-CHRONICLES 9:17

And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays

2-CHRONICLES 9:18

And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

2-CHRONICLES 9:19

And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

2-CHRONICLES 9:20

For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

2-CHRONICLES 9:21

And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

2-CHRONICLES 9:23

And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

2-CHRONICLES 9:24

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

2-CHRONICLES 9:25

And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

2-CHRONICLES 9:26

And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

2-CHRONICLES 9:27

And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

2-CHRONICLES 9:28

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

2-CHRONICLES 9:29

And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

2-CHRONICLES 9:30

And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

2-CHRONICLES 9:31

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Say, We believe in God and what was sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and what was given to Moses, Jesus and all the Prophets by their Lord
Quran 2:136

Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me
John 14:6

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I
John 14:28

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord
Deuteronomy 6:4

The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you mates from yourselves, and for the cattle (also) mates. By this means He creates you (in the wombs)
Quran 42:11

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besides Allah
Quran 3:64

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me
John 5:30

Indeed, We have revealed to you, (O Muhammad), as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book (of Psalms)
Quran 4:163

Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven big stars, and has placed therein a great lamp (sun), and a moon giving light. And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession
Quran 25:61

He (Jesus) Himself stood in their midst and said to them, Peace be to you
Luke 24:36

O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of God. Indeed, God forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful
Quran 39: 53

Indeed, man is in loss, except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and advise one another to truth and patience
Quran 103:1-3

The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord
Mark 12:29

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God
John 20:17

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:46

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John 13:16

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind
Matthew 22:37

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
John 5:30

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
John 5:19

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21

Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me
Isaiah 49:9

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