1 And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train; and there came camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.
4 And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,
5 and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cup-bearers, and his whole-burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed.
6 And she said to king Solomon, It was a true report which I heard in my land of thy words and thy wisdom.
7 But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.
8 Blessed are thy wives, blessed are these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.
9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish him for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.
10 And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
11 And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones.
12 And the king made the hewn timber into buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day.
13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.