II Chronicles 9

umalkat-sheva shame'ah et-shema shelomoh vattavo lenassot et-shelomoh vekhidot birushalai͏m bekhayil kaved me'od ugemallim nose'im besamim vezahav larov ve'even yeqarah vattavo el-shelomoh vattedabber immo et kol-asher hayah im-levavah

The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, and came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, accompanied by a very large retinue, including camels bearing spices, a great quantity of gold, and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke to him of all that she had on her mind.

vayyagged-lah shelomoh et-kol-devareha velo-nelam davar mishelomoh asher lo higgid lah

Solomon had answers for all her questions; there was nothing that Solomon did not know, nothing to which he could not give her an answer.

vattere malkat-sheva et khokhmat shelomoh vehabbayit asher banah

When the queen of Sheba saw how wise Solomon was and the palace he had built,

uma'akhal shulkhano umoshav avadayw uma'amad mesharetayw umalbushehem umashqayw umalbushehem va'aliyyato asher ya'aleh bet Adonai velo-hayah od bah ruakh

the fare of his table, the seating of his courtiers, the service and attire of his attendants, his butlers and their attire, and the procession with which he went up to the House of GOD, it took her breath away.

vattomer el-hammelekh emet haddavar asher shamati be'artsi al-devarekha ve'al-khokhmatekha

She said to the king, “What I heard in my own land about you and your wisdom was true.

velo-he'emanti ledivrehem ad asher-bati vattirenah enay vehinneh lo huggad-li khatsi marbit khokhmatekha yasafta al-hashemu'ah asher shama'eti

I did not believe what they said until I came and saw with my own eyes that not even the half of your great wisdom had been described to me; you surpass the report that I heard.

ashre anashekha ve'ashre avadekha elleh ha'omedim lefanekha tamid veshome'im et-khokhmatekha

How fortunate are your people and how fortunate are these courtiers of yours who are always in attendance on you and can hear your wisdom!

yehi Adonai elohekha barukh asher khafets bekha letittekha al-kiso lemelekh la-Adonai elohekha be'ahavat elohekha et-yisra'el leha'amido le'olam vayyittenkha alehem lemelekh la'asot mishpat utsedaqah

Blessed is the ETERNAL your God, who favored you and set you on the throne as a king before the ETERNAL. It is because of your God’s love for Israel and in order to establish them forever that you were made king over them to execute righteous justice.”

vattitten lammelekh me'ah ve'esrim kikkar zahav uvesamim larov me'od ve'even yeqarah velo hayah kabbosem hahu asher-natenah malkat-sheva lammelekh shelomoh

She presented the king with 120 talents of gold, and a vast quantity of spices and precious stones. There were no such spices as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon—

vegam-avde (khyrm) [khuram] ve'avde shelomoh asher-hevi'u zahav me'ofir hevi'u atse algummim ve'even yeqarah

also, the servants of Huram and Solomon who brought gold from Ophir brought algum-wood and precious stones.

vayya'as hammelekh et-atse ha'algummim mesillot levet-Adonai ulevet hammelekh vekhinnorot unevalim lasharim velo-niru khahem lefanim be'erets yehudah

The king made of the algum-wood ramps for the House of GOD and for the royal palace, and lyres and harps for the musicians, whose like had never before been seen in the land of Judah—

vehammelekh shelomoh natan lemalkat-sheva et-kol-kheftsah asher sha'alah millevad asher-hevi'ah el-hammelekh vattahafokh vattelekh le'artsah hi va'avadeha

King Solomon, in turn, gave the queen of Sheba everything she expressed a desire for, exceeding a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she and her courtiers left and returned to her own land.

vayehi mishqal hazzahav asher-ba lishlomoh beshanah ekhat shesh me'ot veshishim vashesh kikkere zahav

The gold that Solomon received every year weighed 666 gold talents,

levad me'anshe hattarim vehassokharim mevi'im vekhol-malkhe arav ufakhot ha'arets mevi'im zahav vakhesef lishlomoh

besides what traders and merchants brought, and the gold and silver that all the kings of Arabia and governors of the regions brought to Solomon.

vayya'as hammelekh shelomoh matayim tsinnah zahav shakhut shesh me'ot zahav shakhut ya'aleh al-hatsinnah ha'ekhat

King Solomon made 200 shields of beaten gold—600 shekels of beaten gold for each shield,

ushelosh-me'ot maginnim zahav shakhut shelosh me'ot zahav ya'aleh al-hammagen ha'ekhat vayyittenem hammelekh bevet ya'ar hallevanon

and 300 bucklers of beaten gold—300 [shekels] of gold for each buckler. The king placed them in the Lebanon Forest House.

vayya'as hammelekh kisse-shen gadol vayetsappehu zahav tahor

The king also made a large throne of ivory, overlaid with pure gold.

veshesh ma'alot lakkisse vekhevesh bazzahav lakkisse mo'okhazim veyadot mizzeh umizzeh al-meqom hashavet ushenayim arayot omedim etsel hayyadot

Six steps led up to the throne; and the throne had a golden footstool attached to it, and arms on either side of the seat. Two lions stood beside the arms,

ushenem asar arayot omedim sham al-shesh hamma'alot mizzeh umizzeh lo-na'asah khen lekhol-mamlakhah

and twelve lions stood on the six steps, six on either side. None such was ever made for any other kingdom.

vekhol kele mashqeh hammelekh shelomoh zahav vekhol kele bet-ya'ar hallevanon zahav sagur en kesef nekhshav bime shelomoh limumah

All of King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the utensils of the Lebanon Forest House were of pure gold; silver counted for nothing in Solomon’s days.

ki-oniyyot lammelekh holekhot tarshish im avde khuram akhat leshalosh shanim tavonah oniyyot tarshish nose'ot zahav vakhesef shenhabbim veqofim vetukkiyyim

The king’s fleet traveled to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Once every three years, the Tarshish fleet came in, bearing gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

vayyigdal hammelekh shelomoh mikkol malkhe ha'arets le'osher vekhokhmah

King Solomon surpassed all the royal rulers of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

vekhol malkhe ha'arets mevaqshim et-pene shelomoh lishmoa et-khokhmato asher-natan ha'elohim belibbo

Every one of them came to pay homage to Solomon and to listen to the wisdom with which God had endowed him.

vehem mevi'im ish minkhato kele khesef ukhele zahav uselamot nesheq uvesamim susim uferadim devar-shanah beshanah

Each brought tribute—silver and gold objects, robes, weapons, and spices, horses and mules—in the amount due each year.

vayehi lishlomoh arba'at alafim uryot susim umarkavot ushenem-asar elef parashim vayyannikhem be'are harekhev ve'im-hammelekh birushalai͏m

Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 riders, which he stationed in the chariot towns and with the king in Jerusalem.

vayehi moshel bekhol-hammelakhim min-hannahar ve'ad-erets pelishtim ve'ad gevul mitsrayim

He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.

vayyitten hammelekh et-hakkesef birushalai͏m ka'avanim ve'et ha'arazim natan kashiqmim asher-bashefelah larov

The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as sycamores in the Shephelah.

umotsi'im susim mimmitsrayim lishlomoh umikkol-ha'aratsot

Horses were brought for Solomon from Egypt and all the lands.

ushe'ar divre shelomoh harishonim veha'akharonim halo-hem ketuvim al-divre natan hannavi ve'al-nevu'at akhiyyah hashiloni uvakhazot (ydy) [yedo] hakhozeh al-yarovam ben-nevat

The other events of Solomon’s reign, early and late, are recorded in the chronicle of the prophet Nathan and in the prophecies of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Jedo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.

vayyimlokh shelomoh virushalai͏m al-kol-yisra'el arba'im shanah

Solomon reigned forty years over all Israel in Jerusalem.

vayyishkav shelomoh im-avotayw vayyiqberuhu be'ir david aviv vayyimlokh rekhavam beno takhtayw

Solomon rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of his father David; his son Rehoboam succeeded him as king.