2 Chronicles 9

Gen Z: 2 Chronicles 9

1When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon's clout, she rolled up to flex her questions in Jerusalem, with a whole squad and camels packed with spices, gold, and bling. She hit up Solomon and spilled everything on her mind.

2Solomon answered all her questions, no cap; nothing was off-limits.

3After the queen peeped Solomon's wisdom and the dope palace he built,

4She checked out the spread on his table, the way his crew vibed, and how his ministers were dressed; even his cupbearers were on point, and she was shook.

5She told the king, "For real, I heard the tea about your deeds and wisdom back home, and it was all true."

6But I was sus until I saw it myself; half the greatness of your wisdom was still on the low. You’re even more goated than I thought!

7Your guys are blessed, and your servants who chill with you and soak up your wisdom are lucky too.

8Big ups to the Lord your God for putting you on the throne, king for Him; since your God loves Israel and wants to keep them lit forever, He made you king to dish out justice.

9She gifted the king 120 talents of gold, mad spices, and precious stones; no other spice could match what queen Sheba brought to Solomon.

10The crew of Huram and Solomon’s squad brought gold from Ophir, plus some sweet trees and precious stones.

11The king flexed and made some lit terraces outta algum trees for the Lord's house and his palace, plus harps and psalteries for the singers: nothing like that was ever seen in Judah, fr.

12King Solomon hooked up the queen of Sheba with everything she wanted, no cap, on top of what she brought him. Then she bounced back to her own land with her crew.

13So like, in one year, Solomon stacked up six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold; that’s a whole vibe.

14Plus what the traders and merchants brought in. All the Arabian kings and local big shots brought gold and silver to Solomon, straight up.

15Solomon crafted two hundred targets outta beaten gold: each one cost six hundred shekels of gold.

16He also made three hundred shields from beaten gold: three hundred shekels went into each shield. The king kept them in the house of the forest of Lebanon, periodt.

17The king made a dope throne outta ivory and covered it in pure gold, that throne was goated.

18There were six steps to the throne, with a gold footstool attached, and two lions flexing on each side of the seat.

19Twelve lions were chilling on either side of the six steps. Nothing like that was made in any kingdom, no cap.

20All of Solomon's drinking vessels were gold, and the stuff in the house of the forest of Lebanon was pure gold too; silver wasn't even a thing during Solomon's reign.

21The king's ships were vibin' to Tarshish with Huram's crew: every three years, they pulled up with gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.

22King Solomon was flexin' on all the kings with his wealth and wisdom, no cap.

23All the kings were tryna chill with Solomon to soak up the wisdom that God dropped in his heart.

24They brought gifts for the king: silver and gold stuff, clothes, gear, spices, horses, and mules, like a yearly subscription.

25Solomon had mad stalls for horses and chariots, like 4,000 of 'em, plus 12,000 horsemen, poppin' off in the chariot cities and in Jerusalem.

26He ruled over all the kings from the river to the Philistines and even to the border of Egypt, straight up.

27The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar trees were everywhere like sycamores in the low lands, fr.

28They brought Solomon horses from Egypt and all over the place, no doubt.

29The rest of Solomon's moves, from start to finish, are they not in the book of Nathan the prophet and the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, plus Iddo the seer's visions against Jeroboam, son of Nebat?

30Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years, periodt.

31Solomon took a long nap with his fam, got buried in David's hood, and then his son Rehoboam popped off as king.

KJV: 2 Chronicles 9

1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

2And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

4And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.

5And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

8Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

9And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.

11And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.

13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;

14Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

15And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

16And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

18And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

19And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

20And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

21For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.

24And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

26And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

27And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.

28And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.

29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not 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?

30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

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