2 Chronicles 9
1 and Queen (of Sheba) Sheba to hear: hear [obj] report Solomon and to come (in): come to/for to test [obj] Solomon in/on/with riddle in/on/with Jerusalem in/on/with strength: rich heavy much and camel to lift: bear spice and gold to/for abundance and stone precious and to come (in): come to(wards) Solomon and to speak: speak with him [obj] all which to be with heart her
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon, she came to test him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a very large caravan—with camels bearing spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones. So she came to Solomon and spoke with him about all that was on her mind.
2 and to tell to/for her Solomon [obj] all word: thing her and not to conceal word: thing from Solomon which not to tell to/for her
And Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too difficult for him to explain.
3 and to see: see Queen (of Sheba) Sheba [obj] wisdom Solomon and [the] house: home which to build
When the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, the palace he had built,
4 and food table his and seat servant/slave his and office to minister him and garment their and cupbearer his and garment their and upper room his which to ascend: offer up house: temple LORD and not to be still in/on/with her spirit: breath
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
5 and to say to(wards) [the] king truth: true [the] word which to hear: hear in/on/with land: country/planet my upon word your and upon wisdom your
She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and wisdom is true.
6 and not be faithful to/for word their till which to come (in): come and to see: see eye my and behold not to tell to/for me half greatness wisdom your to add upon [the] tidings which to hear: hear
But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
7 blessed human your and blessed servant/slave your these [the] to stand: stand to/for face: before your continually and to hear: hear [obj] wisdom your
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
8 to be LORD God your to bless which to delight in in/on/with you to/for to give: put you upon throne his to/for king to/for LORD God your in/on/with to love: lover God your [obj] Israel to/for to stand: stand him to/for forever: enduring and to give: make you upon them to/for king to/for to make: do justice and righteousness
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
9 and to give: give to/for king hundred and twenty talent gold and spice to/for abundance much and stone precious and not to be like/as spice [the] he/she/it which to give: give Queen (of Sheba) Sheba to/for king Solomon
Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There had never been such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
10 and also servant/slave (Hiram *Q(K)*) and servant/slave Solomon which to come (in): bring gold from Ophir to come (in): bring tree: wood algum and stone precious
(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
11 and to make [the] king [obj] tree: wood [the] algum highway to/for house: temple LORD and to/for house: home [the] king and lyre and harp to/for to sing and not to see: see like/as them to/for face: before in/on/with land: country/planet Judah
The king made the algum wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
12 and [the] king Solomon to give: give to/for Queen (of Sheba) Sheba [obj] all pleasure her which to ask from to/for alone: besides which to come (in): bring to(wards) [the] king and to overturn and to go: walk to/for land: country/planet her he/she/it and servant/slave her
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
13 and to be weight [the] gold which to come (in): come to/for Solomon in/on/with year one six hundred and sixty and six talent gold
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
14 to/for alone from human [the] to spy and [the] to trade to come (in): bring and all king Arabia and governor [the] land: country/planet to come (in): bring gold and silver: money to/for Solomon
not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 and to make [the] king Solomon hundred shield gold beaten six hundred gold beaten to ascend: rise upon [the] shield [the] one
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
16 and three hundred shield gold beaten three hundred gold to ascend: rise upon [the] shield [the] one and to give: put them [the] king in/on/with House (of the Forests of Lebanon) (House of) the Forest [the] (House of the Forest of) Lebanon
He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 and to make [the] king throne tooth: ivory great: large and to overlay him gold pure
Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
18 and six step to/for throne and footstool in/on/with gold to/for throne to grasp and hand from this and from this upon place [the] seat and two lion to stand: stand beside [the] hand
The throne had six steps, and a footstool of gold was attached to it. There were armrests on both sides of the seat, with a lion standing beside each armrest.
19 and two ten lion to stand: stand there upon six [the] step from this and from this not to make so to/for all kingdom
Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
20 and all article/utensil irrigation [the] king Solomon gold and all article/utensil House (of the Forests of Lebanon) (House of) the Forest [the] (House of the Forest of) Lebanon gold to shut nothing silver: money to devise: count in/on/with day Solomon to/for anything
All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
21 for fleet to/for king to go: went Tarshish with servant/slave Hiram one to/for three year to come (in): come fleet Tarshish to lift: bear gold and silver: money ivory and ape and peacock
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
22 and to magnify [the] king Solomon from all king [the] land: country/planet to/for riches and wisdom
So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23 and all king [the] land: country/planet to seek [obj] face Solomon to/for to hear: hear [obj] wisdom his which to give: put [the] God in/on/with heart his
All the kings of the earth sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
24 and they(masc.) to come (in): bring man: anyone offering: gift his article/utensil silver: money and article/utensil gold and garment weapon and spice horse and mule word: portion year in/on/with year
Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
25 and to be to/for Solomon four thousand stall horse and chariot and two ten thousand horseman and to rest them in/on/with city [the] chariot and with [the] king in/on/with Jerusalem
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
26 and to be to rule in/on/with all [the] king from [the] River and till land: country/planet Philistine and till border: boundary Egypt
He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
27 and to give: make [the] king [obj] [the] silver: money in/on/with Jerusalem like/as stone and [obj] [the] cedar to give: make like/as sycamore which in/on/with Shephelah to/for abundance
The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.
28 and to come out: send horse from Egypt to/for Solomon and from all [the] land: country/planet
Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
29 and remnant word: deed Solomon [the] first and [the] last not they(masc.) to write upon word: deed Nathan [the] prophet and upon prophecy Ahijah [the] Shilonite and in/on/with vision (Iddo *Q(K)*) [the] seer upon Jeroboam son: child Nebat
As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
30 and to reign Solomon in/on/with Jerusalem upon all Israel forty year
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31 and to lie down: be dead Solomon with father his and to bury him in/on/with city David father his and to reign Rehoboam son: child his underneath: instead him
And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
