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THE SOVEREIGNESS OF SHEBA
And the sovereigness of Sheba hears of the fame of Shelomoh concerning the name of Yah Veh, and she comes to test him with riddles: 2 and she comes to Yeru Shalem with mighty heavy valuables - with camels bearing spices and mighty much gold and precious stones: and she comes to Shelomoh, and she words with him of all within in her heart. 3 And Shelomoh tells her all her words: the sovereign conceals no word which he tells her not. 4 And the sovereigness of Sheba sees all the wisdom of Shelomoh and the house he built 5 and the food of his table and the settlement of his servants and the function of his ministers and their robes and his butlers and the ascent whereby he ascends to the house of Yah Veh; and there is no more spirit in her. 6 And she says to the sovereign, A true word I hear in my own land of your words and of your wisdom: 7 and I trust not the words, until I come and my eyes see: and behold, the half is not told me: you add wisdom and goodness to the report I heard. 8 Blithed - your men, blithed - these your servants who stand continually at your face - who hear your wisdom. 9 Blessed - Yah Veh your Elohim who delights in you to give you on the throne of Yisra El: because Yah Veh loves Yisra El eternally he set you sovereign to work judgment and justness. 10 And she gives the sovereign a hundred and twenty rounds of gold and a mighty great abundance of spices and precious stones: there comes no more such abundance of spices as these which the sovereigness of Sheba gives to sovereign Shelomoh. 11 And also the ships of Hiram that lift gold from Ophir, bring in from Ophir a mighty abundance of algumim and precious stones. 12 And from the algumim the sovereign works banisters for the house of Yah Veh and for the house of the sovereign; and harps and bagpipes for singers: there neither came such algumim nor was seen to this day. 13 And sovereign Shelomoh gives the sovereigness of Sheba all her delight - whatever she asks, beside what Shelomoh gives her of the hand of his sovereign bounty. So she faces and goes to her own land - she and her servants. 14
THE WEALTH AND WISDOM OF SHELOMOH
And the weight of gold that comes to Shelomoh in one year, six hundred sixty-six rounds of gold; 15 beside that of the men explorers and of the merchandising of the merchants and of all the sovereigns of the mongrels and of the governors of the land. 16 And sovereign Shelomoh works two hundred shields of beaten gold; six hundred gold ascends to one shield: 17 and three hundred bucklers of beaten gold; three maneh of gold ascends to one buckler: and the sovereign gives them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18 And the sovereign works a great throne of ivory and overlays it with purified gold: 19 the throne has six steps and the top of the throne is round behind: and there are hands here and there on the place of the seat; and two lions stand beside the hands: 20 and twelve lions stand there here and there on the six steps; such as is not worked in any sovereigndom. 21 And all the drinking instruments of sovereign Sholomoh are of gold; and all the instruments of the house of the forest of Lebanon are of concentrated gold; none of silver: such as is not fabricated in the days of Shelomoh. 22 For the sovereign has at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram: once in three years the ships of Tarshish come, bearing gold and silver, tusks and apes and peacocks. 23 Thus sovereign Shelomoh greatens above all the sovereigns of the earth for riches and for wisdom: 24 and all the earth seeks the face of Shelomoh to hear the wisdom Elohim gives in his heart: 25 and every man brings his offering - instruments of silver and instruments of gold and clothes and armour and spices, horses and mules - a year by year word. 26 And Shelomoh gathers chariots and cavalry: and he has a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand cavalry whom he guides in the cities for chariots and with the sovereign at Yeru Shalem: 27 and the sovereign gives silver in Yeru Shalem as stones and gives cedars as the sycomore trees in the lowland for abundance: 28 and Shelomoh has horses proceed from Misrayim - and troops: the merchants of the sovereign take the troops at a price: 29 and a chariot ascends and goes from Misrayim for six hundred of silver; and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and thus for all the sovereigns of the Hethiy and for the sovereigns of Aram they bring them out by hand.
THE SOVEREIGNESS OF SHEBA
And the sovereigness of Sheba hears of the fame of Shelomoh concerning the name of Yah Veh, and she comes to test him with riddles: 2 and she comes to Yeru Shalem with mighty heavy valuables - with camels bearing spices and mighty much gold and precious stones: and she comes to Shelomoh, and she words with him of all within in her heart. 3 And Shelomoh tells her all her words: the sovereign conceals no word which he tells her not. 4 And the sovereigness of Sheba sees all the wisdom of Shelomoh and the house he built 5 and the food of his table and the settlement of his servants and the function of his ministers and their robes and his butlers and the ascent whereby he ascends to the house of Yah Veh; and there is no more spirit in her. 6 And she says to the sovereign, A true word I hear in my own land of your words and of your wisdom: 7 and I trust not the words, until I come and my eyes see: and behold, the half is not told me: you add wisdom and goodness to the report I heard. 8 Blithed - your men, blithed - these your servants who stand continually at your face - who hear your wisdom. 9 Blessed - Yah Veh your Elohim who delights in you to give you on the throne of Yisra El: because Yah Veh loves Yisra El eternally he set you sovereign to work judgment and justness. 10 And she gives the sovereign a hundred and twenty rounds of gold and a mighty great abundance of spices and precious stones: there comes no more such abundance of spices as these which the sovereigness of Sheba gives to sovereign Shelomoh. 11 And also the ships of Hiram that lift gold from Ophir, bring in from Ophir a mighty abundance of algumim and precious stones. 12 And from the algumim the sovereign works banisters for the house of Yah Veh and for the house of the sovereign; and harps and bagpipes for singers: there neither came such algumim nor was seen to this day. 13 And sovereign Shelomoh gives the sovereigness of Sheba all her delight - whatever she asks, beside what Shelomoh gives her of the hand of his sovereign bounty. So she faces and goes to her own land - she and her servants. 14
THE WEALTH AND WISDOM OF SHELOMOH
And the weight of gold that comes to Shelomoh in one year, six hundred sixty-six rounds of gold; 15 beside that of the men explorers and of the merchandising of the merchants and of all the sovereigns of the mongrels and of the governors of the land. 16 And sovereign Shelomoh works two hundred shields of beaten gold; six hundred gold ascends to one shield: 17 and three hundred bucklers of beaten gold; three maneh of gold ascends to one buckler: and the sovereign gives them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18 And the sovereign works a great throne of ivory and overlays it with purified gold: 19 the throne has six steps and the top of the throne is round behind: and there are hands here and there on the place of the seat; and two lions stand beside the hands: 20 and twelve lions stand there here and there on the six steps; such as is not worked in any sovereigndom. 21 And all the drinking instruments of sovereign Sholomoh are of gold; and all the instruments of the house of the forest of Lebanon are of concentrated gold; none of silver: such as is not fabricated in the days of Shelomoh. 22 For the sovereign has at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram: once in three years the ships of Tarshish come, bearing gold and silver, tusks and apes and peacocks. 23 Thus sovereign Shelomoh greatens above all the sovereigns of the earth for riches and for wisdom: 24 and all the earth seeks the face of Shelomoh to hear the wisdom Elohim gives in his heart: 25 and every man brings his offering - instruments of silver and instruments of gold and clothes and armour and spices, horses and mules - a year by year word. 26 And Shelomoh gathers chariots and cavalry: and he has a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand cavalry whom he guides in the cities for chariots and with the sovereign at Yeru Shalem: 27 and the sovereign gives silver in Yeru Shalem as stones and gives cedars as the sycomore trees in the lowland for abundance: 28 and Shelomoh has horses proceed from Misrayim - and troops: the merchants of the sovereign take the troops at a price: 29 and a chariot ascends and goes from Misrayim for six hundred of silver; and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and thus for all the sovereigns of the Hethiy and for the sovereigns of Aram they bring them out by hand.