2 Chronicles 9
1 and Queen (of Sheba) Sheba to hear: hear [obj] report Solomon and to come (in): come to/for to test [obj] Solomon in/on/with riddle in/on/with Jerusalem in/on/with strength: rich heavy much and camel to lift: bear spice and gold to/for abundance and stone precious and to come (in): come to(wards) Solomon and to speak: speak with him [obj] all which to be with heart her
When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions. She came with a very long caravan, with camels loaded with spices, much gold, and many precious gemstones. When she had come to Solomon, she told him all that was in her heart.
2 and to tell to/for her Solomon [obj] all word: thing her and not to conceal word: thing from Solomon which not to tell to/for her
Solomon answered her all her questions; nothing was too difficult for Solomon; there was no question that he did not answer.
3 and to see: see Queen (of Sheba) Sheba [obj] wisdom Solomon and [the] house: home which to build
When the queen of Sheba saw Solomon's wisdom and the palace that he had built,
4 and food table his and seat servant/slave his and office to minister him and garment their and cupbearer his and garment their and upper room his which to ascend: offer up house: temple LORD and not to be still in/on/with her spirit: breath
the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the work of his servants and their clothing, also his cupbearers and their clothing, and the burnt offerings he made at the house of Yahweh, and there was no more breath in her.
5 and to say to(wards) [the] king truth: true [the] word which to hear: hear in/on/with land: country/planet my upon word your and upon wisdom your
She said to the king, “It is true, the report that I heard in my own land of your words and your wisdom.
6 and not be faithful to/for word their till which to come (in): come and to see: see eye my and behold not to tell to/for me half greatness wisdom your to add upon [the] tidings which to hear: hear
I did not believe what I heard until I came here, and now my eyes have seen it. Not half was told me about your wisdom and wealth! You have exceeded the fame that I heard about.
7 blessed human your and blessed servant/slave your these [the] to stand: stand to/for face: before your continually and to hear: hear [obj] wisdom your
How blessed are your people, and how blessed are your servants who constantly stand before you, because they hear your wisdom.
8 to be LORD God your to bless which to delight in in/on/with you to/for to give: put you upon throne his to/for king to/for LORD God your in/on/with to love: lover God your [obj] Israel to/for to stand: stand him to/for forever: enduring and to give: make you upon them to/for king to/for to make: do justice and righteousness
Blessed be Yahweh your God, who has taken pleasure in you, who placed you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God. Because your God loved Israel, in order to establish them forever, he had made you king over them, for you to do justice and righteousness!”
9 and to give: give to/for king hundred and twenty talent gold and spice to/for abundance much and stone precious and not to be like/as spice [the] he/she/it which to give: give Queen (of Sheba) Sheba to/for king Solomon
She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a large amount of spices and precious stones. No greater amount of spices as these that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon was ever given to him again.
10 and also servant/slave (Hiram *QK) and servant/slave Solomon which to come (in): bring gold from Ophir to come (in): bring tree: wood algum and stone precious
The servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum wood and precious stones.
11 and to make [the] king [obj] tree: wood [the] algum highway to/for house: temple LORD and to/for house: home [the] king and lyre and harp to/for to sing and not to see: see like/as them to/for face: before in/on/with land: country/planet Judah
With the algum wood, the king made steps for the house of Yahweh and for his house, as well as harps and lyres for the musicians. No wood like this had been seen before in the land of Judah.
12 and [the] king Solomon to give: give to/for Queen (of Sheba) Sheba [obj] all pleasure her which to ask from to/for alone: besides which to come (in): bring to(wards) [the] king and to overturn and to go: walk to/for land: country/planet her he/she/it and servant/slave her
King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything she desired and whatever she asked for; he gave her more than what she had brought to the king. So she left and went back to her own land, she and her servants.
13 and to be weight [the] gold which to come (in): come to/for Solomon in/on/with year one six hundred and sixty and six talent gold
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,
14 to/for alone from human [the] to spy and [the] to trade to come (in): bring and all king Arabia and governor [the] land: country/planet to come (in): bring gold and silver: money to/for Solomon
besides the gold that the traders and merchants brought. All the kings of Arabia and the governors in the country also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15 and to make [the] king Solomon hundred shield gold beaten six hundred gold beaten to ascend: rise upon [the] shield [the] one
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold. Six hundred shekels of gold went into each one.
16 and three hundred shield gold beaten three hundred gold to ascend: rise upon [the] shield [the] one and to give: put them [the] king in/on/with House (of the Forests of Lebanon) (House of) the Forest [the] (House of the Forest of) Lebanon
He also made three hundred shields of beaten gold. Three minas of gold went into each shield; the king put them into the House of the Forest of Lebanon.
17 and to make [the] king throne tooth: ivory great: large and to overlay him gold pure
Then the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.
18 and six step to/for throne and footstool in/on/with gold to/for throne to grasp and hand from this and from this upon place [the] seat and two lion to stand: stand beside [the] hand
There were six steps to the throne, and a footstool was attached to the throne. On each side of the throne there were armrests with two lions standing beside each of them.
19 and two ten lion to stand: stand there upon six [the] step from this and from this not to make so to/for all kingdom
Twelve lions stood on the steps, one on each side of each of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any other kingdom.
20 and all article/utensil irrigation [the] king Solomon gold and all article/utensil House (of the Forests of Lebanon) (House of) the Forest [the] (House of the Forest of) Lebanon gold to shut nothing silver: money to devise: count in/on/with day Solomon to/for anything
All King Solomon's drinking cups were gold, and all the drinking cups in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were silver because silver was not considered valuable in Solomon's days.
21 for fleet to/for king to go: went Tarshish with servant/slave Hiram one to/for three year to come (in): come fleet Tarshish to lift: bear gold and silver: money ivory and ape and peacock
The king had at sea a fleet of oceangoing ships, along with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet brought gold, silver, and ivory, as well as apes and baboons.
22 and to magnify [the] king Solomon from all king [the] land: country/planet to/for riches and wisdom
So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the world in riches and in wisdom.
23 and all king [the] land: country/planet to seek [obj] face Solomon to/for to hear: hear [obj] wisdom his which to give: put [the] God in/on/with heart his
All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon in order to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
24 and they(masc.) to come (in): bring man: anyone offering: gift his article/utensil silver: money and article/utensil gold and garment weapon and spice horse and mule word: portion year in/on/with year
Those who visited brought tribute, vessels of silver and of gold, clothes, armor, and spices, as well as horses and mules, year after year.
25 and to be to/for Solomon four thousand stall horse and chariot and two ten thousand horseman and to rest them in/on/with city [the] chariot and with [the] king in/on/with Jerusalem
Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with himself in Jerusalem.
26 and to be to rule in/on/with all [the] king from [the] River and till land: country/planet Philistine and till border: boundary Egypt
He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27 and to give: make [the] king [obj] [the] silver: money in/on/with Jerusalem like/as stone and [obj] [the] cedar to give: make like/as sycamore which in/on/with Shephelah to/for abundance
The king had silver in Jerusalem, as much as the stones on the ground. He made cedar wood to be as abundant as the sycamore fig trees that are in the lowlands.
28 and to come out: send horse from Egypt to/for Solomon and from all [the] land: country/planet
They brought horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all the lands.
29 and remnant word: deed Solomon [the] first and [the] last not they(masc.) to write upon word: deed Nathan [the] prophet and upon prophecy Ahijah [the] Shilonite and in/on/with vision (Iddo *QK) [the] seer upon Jeroboam son: child Nebat
As for the other matters concerning Solomon, first and last, are they not written in The History of Nathan the Prophet, in The Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in The Visions of Iddo the Seer (which also had information about Jeroboam son of Nebat)?
30 and to reign Solomon in/on/with Jerusalem upon all Israel forty year
Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.
31 and to lie down: be dead Solomon with father his and to bury him in/on/with city David father his and to reign Rehoboam son: child his underneath: instead him
He slept with his ancestors and the people buried him in the city of David his father. Rehoboam, his son, became king in his place.
