2 Chronicles 9

¹And when the Queene of Sheba heard of the fame of Salomon, she came to proue Salomon with hard questions at Ierusalem, with a very great traine, and camels that bare sweete odours and much golde, and precious stones: and when she came to Salomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

²And Salomon declared her all her questions, and there was nothing hid from Salomon, which he declared not vnto her.

³Then the Queene of Sheba sawe the wisedome of Salomon, and the house that he had buylt,

⁴And the meate of his table, and the sitting of his seruants, and the order of his wayters, and their apparel, and his butlers, and their apparel, and his burnt offrings which he offred in the house of the Lord, and she was greatly astonied.

⁵And she saide to the King, It was a true worde which I heard in mine owne lande of thy sayings, and of thy wisedome:

⁶Howbeit I beleeued not their report, vntil I came, and mine eyes had seene it: and beholde, the one halfe of thy great wisedom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

⁷Happie are thy men, and happie are these thy seruants, which stande before thee alway, and heare thy wisedome.

⁸Blessed be the Lord thy God, which loued thee, to set thee on his throne as King, in the steade of the Lord thy God: because thy God loueth Israel, to establish it for euer, therefore hath he made thee King ouer them, to execute iudgement and iustice.

⁹Then she gaue the King sixe score talents of golde, and of sweete odours exceeding much and precious stones: neither was there such sweete odours since, as the Queene of Sheba gaue vnto King Salomon.