Thematic Bible
2 Chronicles 9:1 (show verse)
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with enigmas at Jerusalem, with a very great host and camels that bore spices and gold in abundance and precious stones. And when she was come to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart.
2 Chronicles 9:2 (show verse)
But Solomon told her all her questions, and nothing remained that Solomon did not declare unto her.
2 Chronicles 9:3 (show verse)
And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he had built
2 Chronicles 9:4 (show verse)
and the food of his table and the seat of his slaves and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel, his butlers also and their apparel, and his sacrifices which he sacrificed in the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.
2 Chronicles 9:5 (show verse)
And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of thy word and of thy wisdom,
2 Chronicles 9:6 (show verse)
but I did not believe their words until I came, and my eyes had seen it, and, behold, not even the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was told me, for thou dost exceed the fame that I heard.
2 Chronicles 9:7 (show verse)
Blessed are thy men and blessed are these thy slaves, who stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom.
2 Chronicles 9:8 (show verse)
The LORD thy God be blessed, who 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, he made thee king over them, to do judgment and righteousness.
2 Chronicles 9:9 (show verse)
And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and of spices great abundance and precious stones; never had there been any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:10 (show verse)
Also the slaves of Hiram and the slaves of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, brought brazil wood and precious stones.
Algum » Also called almug, trees of ophir and lebanon
Hiram » Or huram, king of tyre
Ophir » Products of » used by » Solomon
Precious stones » Brought from ophir
Sheba » Queen of, visits solomon
Solomon » Is visited by the queen of sheba
Stones » Precious » Exported from sheba
Trees » Varieties » Almug or algum
Hiram » Or huram, king of tyre
Ophir » Products of » used by » Solomon
Precious stones » Brought from ophir
Sheba » Queen of, visits solomon
Solomon » Is visited by the queen of sheba
Stones » Precious » Exported from sheba
Trees » Varieties » Almug or algum
2 Chronicles 9:11 (show verse)
And the king made of the brazil wood stairs to the house of the LORD and to the king's palace and harps and psalteries for the singers, and such wood had never been seen before in the land of Judah.
Algum » Also called almug, trees of ophir and lebanon
Chosen Instruments » Names of » Psalteries
Kings » Dwelt in royal palaces
Music » Names of » Psalteries
Music » Instruments of » Made by solomon
Musical instruments » Names of » Psalteries
Palaces » Of kings » Surrounded with terraces
Sheba » Queen of, visits solomon
Solomon » Musicians and musical instruments of his court
Solomon » Is visited by the queen of sheba
Trees » Varieties » Almug or algum
Chosen Instruments » Names of » Psalteries
Kings » Dwelt in royal palaces
Music » Names of » Psalteries
Music » Instruments of » Made by solomon
Musical instruments » Names of » Psalteries
Palaces » Of kings » Surrounded with terraces
Sheba » Queen of, visits solomon
Solomon » Musicians and musical instruments of his court
Solomon » Is visited by the queen of sheba
Trees » Varieties » Almug or algum
2 Chronicles 9:12 (show verse)
And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, more than what she had brought unto the king. Then she turned and went away to her own land with her slaves.
2 Chronicles 9:13 (show verse)
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
2 Chronicles 9:14 (show verse)
besides that which the traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:15 (show verse)
And King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to each buckler.
2 Chronicles 9:16 (show verse)
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to each shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles 9:17 (show verse)
Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 9:18 (show verse)
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 seat, and two lions standing by the stays.
2 Chronicles 9:19 (show verse)
There were also twelve lions standing on one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
2 Chronicles 9:20 (show verse)
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. In the days of Solomon silver was not esteemed.
2 Chronicles 9:21 (show verse)
For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the slaves of Hiram, and every three years the ships came from Tarshish bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
Ape » In solomon's zoological collections
Commerce » Increased the wealth of nations and individuals
Commerce » Articles of » Ivory
Commerce » Maritime, by ships
Commerce » Of the jews » Greatly extended by solomon
Commerce » Articles of » Silver
Imports » Of jerusalem » Gold, ivory, apes, peacocks
Ivory » Exported from tarshish
Ships » Employed in » Trading
Silver » Very abundant in the reign of solomon
Solomon » Commerce of
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Commerce and wealth of
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Solomon makes valuable imports from
Commerce » Increased the wealth of nations and individuals
Commerce » Articles of » Ivory
Commerce » Maritime, by ships
Commerce » Of the jews » Greatly extended by solomon
Commerce » Articles of » Silver
Imports » Of jerusalem » Gold, ivory, apes, peacocks
Ivory » Exported from tarshish
Ships » Employed in » Trading
Silver » Very abundant in the reign of solomon
Solomon » Commerce of
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Commerce and wealth of
Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Solomon makes valuable imports from
2 Chronicles 9:22 (show verse)
And King Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
2 Chronicles 9:23 (show verse)
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 9:24 (show verse)
And of these, each his present, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and raiment, arms, spices, horses, and mules, every year.
2 Chronicles 9:25 (show verse)
And Solomon also 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 9:26 (show verse)
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 9:27 (show verse)
And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
2 Chronicles 9:28 (show verse)
And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt and out of all lands.
2 Chronicles 9:29 (show verse)
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the books 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?
Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Visions of iddo
Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Nathan
Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Ahijah the shilonite
Iddo » A prophet
King » Chronicles of, recorded
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » Kept the chronicles
Prophets » Called seers
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Ahijah
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Iddo
Prophets » The historiographers of the jewish nation
Prophets » Kept the chronicles
Shilonite » A man of shiloh
Solomon » Death of
Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Nathan
Books » Not extant, but mentioned in scripture » Ahijah the shilonite
Iddo » A prophet
King » Chronicles of, recorded
Nathan » A prophet in the time of david » Kept the chronicles
Prophets » Called seers
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Ahijah
Prophets » Mentioned in scripture » Iddo
Prophets » The historiographers of the jewish nation
Prophets » Kept the chronicles
Shilonite » A man of shiloh
Solomon » Death of
2 Chronicles 9:30 (show verse)
And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles 9:31 (show verse)
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.