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2
Chronicles Chapter Nine
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 9
The
ninth chapter is the same with 1 Kings 10:1
excepting 2 Chronicles 9:26,
which agrees with 1 Kings 4:21, the
same with 1 Kings 11:41, only
in 2 Chronicles 9:29
it is more largely expressed that the acts of Solomon's reign were written in
the book 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; or
rather "concerning Jeroboam", as the Septuagint and some other
versionsF2, in which Iddo is called Joel; and by Theodoret said to
be the same that prophesied of Jeroboam and his altar, See Gill on 1 Kings 13:1; the
books mentioned are since lost.F2 צל περι Sept. de, Junius & Tremellias, Piscator.
2 Chronicles
9:1 Now when the
queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test
Solomon with hard questions, having a very great retinue, camels that
bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to
Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.
YLT
1And the queen of Sheba hath
heard of the fame of Solomon, and cometh in to try Solomon with acute sayings,
to Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels bearing spices and gold in
abundance, and precious stone; and she cometh in unto Solomon, and speaketh
with him all that hath been with her heart,
Verses 1-31
See
Chapter Introduction
2 Chronicles
9:2 2 So
Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for Solomon
that he could not explain it to her.
YLT
2and Solomon declareth to
her all her matters, and there hath not been hid a thing from Solomon that he
hath not declared to her.
2 Chronicles
9:3 3 And
when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had
built,
YLT
3And the queen of Sheba
seeth the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he hath built,
2 Chronicles
9:4 4 the
food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and
their apparel, his cupbearers and their apparel, and his entryway by which he
went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit
in her.
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4and the food of his table,
and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their
clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he
offered up in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been any more spirit in
her.
2 Chronicles 9:5 5 Then she said to the king:
“It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and
your wisdom.
YLT
5And she saith unto the
king, `True [is] the word that I heard in my land concerning thy matters and
concerning thy wisdom,
2 Chronicles 9:6 6 However I did not believe
their words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half of the
greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You exceed the fame of which I heard.
YLT
6and I have given no
credence to their words, till that I have come, and mine eyes see, and lo,
there hath not been declared to me the half of the abundance of thy wisdom --
thou hast added unto the report that I heard.
2 Chronicles 9:7 7 Happy are your men
and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and
hear your wisdom!
YLT
7`O the happiness of thy
men, and the happiness of thy servants -- these -- who are standing before thee
continually, and hearing thy wisdom.
2 Chronicles 9:8 8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who
delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God!
Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made
you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
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8Let Jehovah thy God be
blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for
Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age,
He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'
2 Chronicles 9:9 9 And she gave the king one
hundred and twenty talents of gold, spices in great abundance, and precious
stones; there never were any spices such as those the queen of Sheba gave to
King Solomon.
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9And she giveth to the king
a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and
precious stone; and there hath not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba
hath given to king Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:10 10 Also, the servants of
Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum[a] wood and
precious stones.
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10And also, servants of
Huram, and servants of Solomon, who brought in gold from Ophir, have brought in
algum-trees and precious stone.
2 Chronicles 9:11 11 And the king made walkways
of the algum[b] wood for
the house of the Lord
and for the king’s house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers; and
there were none such as these seen before in the land of Judah.
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11And the king maketh the
algum-trees staircases for the house of Jehovah, and for the house of the king,
and harps and psalteries for singers; and there have been none seen like these
before in the land of Judah.
2 Chronicles 9:12 12 Now King Solomon gave to
the queen of Sheba all she desired, whatever she asked, much more than
she had brought to the king. So she turned and went to her own country, she and
her servants.
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12And king Solomon hath given
to the queen of Sheba all her desire that she asked, apart from that which she
had brought unto the king, and she turneth and goeth to her land, she and her
servants.
2 Chronicles 9:13 13 The weight of gold that
came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
YLT
13And the weight of the gold
that is coming to Solomon in one year is six hundred and sixty and six talents
of gold,
2 Chronicles 9:14 14 besides what the
traveling merchants and traders brought. And all the kings of Arabia and
governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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14apart from [what] the
tourists, and the merchants, are bringing in; and all the kings of Arabia, and
the governors of the land, are bringing in gold and silver to Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:15 15 And King Solomon made two
hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered
gold went into each shield.
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15And king Solomon maketh two
hundred targets of alloyed gold, six hundred [shekels] of alloyed gold he
causeth to go up on the one target;
2 Chronicles 9:16 16 He
also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels[c] of gold
went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
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16and three hundred shields
of alloyed gold, three hundred [shekels] of gold he causeth to go up on the one
shield, and the king putteth them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
2 Chronicles 9:17 17 Moreover the king made a
great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
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17And the king maketh a great
throne of ivory, and overlayeth it with pure gold;
2 Chronicles 9:18 18 The throne had six
steps, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne;
there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions
stood beside the armrests.
YLT
18and six steps [are] to the
throne, and a footstool of gold, to the throne they are fastened, and hands
[are] on this [side] and on that on the place of the sitting, and two lions are
standing near the hands,
2 Chronicles 9:19 19 Twelve lions stood there,
one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for
any other kingdom.
YLT
19and twelve lions are
standing there on the six steps on this [side], and on that: it hath not been
made so for any kingdom.
2 Chronicles 9:20 20 All King Solomon’s
drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the
Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this
was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
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20And all the drinking
vessels of king Solomon [are] of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the
forest of Lebanon [are] of refined gold -- silver is not reckoned in the days
of Solomon for anything;
2 Chronicles 9:21 21 For the king’s ships went
to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram.[d] Once every
three years the merchant ships[e] came,
bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.[f]
YLT
21for ships of the king are
going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the
ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
2 Chronicles 9:22 22 So King Solomon surpassed
all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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22And king Solomon becometh
greater than any of the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom;
2 Chronicles 9:23 23 And all the kings of the
earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in
his heart.
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23and all the kings of the
earth are seeking the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom that God hath put
in his heart,
2 Chronicles 9:24 24 Each man brought his
present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and
mules, at a set rate year by year.
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24and they are bringing in
each his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments,
harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
2 Chronicles 9:25 25 Solomon had four thousand
stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen whom he stationed
in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
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25And there are to Solomon
four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and
he placed them in cities of the chariot, and with the king in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 9:26 26 So he reigned over all the
kings from the River[g] to the
land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
YLT
26And he is ruling over all
the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the
border of Egypt.
2 Chronicles 9:27 27 The king made silver as
common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the
sycamores which are in the lowland.
YLT
27And the king maketh the
silver in Jerusalem as stones, and the cedars he hath made as sycamores, that
[are] in the low country, for abundance,
2 Chronicles 9:28 28 And they brought horses to
Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.
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28and they are bringing out
horses from Egypt to Solomon, and from all the lands.
2 Chronicles 9:29 29 Now the rest of the acts
of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan
the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of
Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
YLT
29And the rest of the matters
of Solomon, the first and the last, are they not written beside the matters of
Nathan the prophet, and beside the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and with
the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
2 Chronicles 9:30 30 Solomon reigned in
Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
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30And Solomon reigneth in
Jerusalem over all Israel forty years,
2 Chronicles 9:31 31 Then Solomon rested with
his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his
son reigned in his place.
YLT
31and Solomon lieth with his
fathers, and they bury him in the city of David his father, and reign doth
Rehoboam his son in his stead.
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