Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for coming aside to read
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the bible with me now. Before
we begin, let's pray together.
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Dear Heavenly Father, thank
you again for an opportunity to
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step apart from our lives and
sit in Your presence and hear
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your word. Please be with us
now as we read. That we won't
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just hear the word, but that
it will go deep and bear fruit
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to your glory. We love you so
much and thank you for loving us
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Amen. We're reading in the book
of 1st Kings and Solomon has
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completed the temple
that he was building for God,
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for the ark and for the presence
of God to be with Israel.
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And he is praying. When we
were last together we were in
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the middle of Solomon's prayer.
We're going to pick that up, and
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he's listing various situations
and he's saying to the Lord,
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if this happens and we turn
and we pray towards this house,
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please hear the prayer. And
if this happens and we turn and
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pray again, please
forgive us, hear the prayer, and
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we're picking it up in 1st
Kings chapter 8, and verse 47.
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And Solomon has just said, And
if the people shall sin again,
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see. Now we'll continue to read.
This is the King James Version.
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Yet if they shall
bethink themselves in the land
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whither they were carried
captives, and repent, and make
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supplication unto thee in the
land of them that carried them
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captive, saying, We have sinned,
and have done perversely,
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we have committed wickedness;
And so return unto thee with all
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their heart, with all their soul
in the land of their enemies
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which led them away captive,
and pray unto thee toward their
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land, which thou gavest unto
their fathers, the city which
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thou hast chosen, and the house
which I have built for thy name:
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Then hear thou their prayer and
their supplication in heaven thy
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dwelling place, and maintain
their cause, and forgive thy
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people that have sinned
against thee and all their
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transgressions wherein they
have transgressed against thee,
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and give them compassion before
them who carried them captive,
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that they may have compassion
on them: for they be thy people,
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and thine inheritance, which
thou broughtest forth out of
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Egypt, from the midst
of the furnace of iron:
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That thine eyes may be open unto
the supplication of thy servant,
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and unto the supplication of thy
people Israel, to hearken unto
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them in all that
they call for unto thee.
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For thou didst separate
them from among all the people
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of the earth, to be thine
inheritance, as thou spakest
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by the hand of Moses thy servant
when thou broughtest our fathers
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out of Egypt, O lord God. And
it was so, that when Solomon had
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made an end of praying all this
prayer and supplication unto the
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Lord, he arose from before the
altar of the Lord, from kneeling
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on his knees with his
hands spread up to heaven.
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And he stood, and blessed
all the congregation of Israel
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with a loud voice,
saying, Blessed be the Lord,
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that hath given rest unto his
people Israel, according to all
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that he promised: there hath not
failed one word of all his good
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promise, which he promised by
the hand of Moses his servant.
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The Lord our God be with
us, as he was with our fathers:
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let him not leave us nor forsake
us: That he may incline our
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hearts unto him, to walk in
all his ways, and to keep his
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commandments, and his statutes,
and his judgments, which he
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commanded our fathers. And let
these my words, wherewith I have
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made supplication before
the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord
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our God day and night,
that he maintain the cause
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of his servant, and the cause of
his people Israel at all times,
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as the matter shall require:
That all the people of the earth
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may know that the Lord is God,
and that there is none else.
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Let your heart therefore be
perfect with the Lord our God,
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to walk in his statutes,
and to keep his commandments,
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as at this day. And the
king, and all Israel with him,
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offered sacrifice before
the Lord. And Solomon offered a
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sacrifice of peace offerings,
which he offered unto the Lord,
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two and twenty thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twenty
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thousand sheep. So the king
and all the children of Israel
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dedicated the house of the Lord.
The same day did the king hallow
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the middle of the court that
was before the house of the Lord
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for there he offered burnt
offerings, and meat offerings,
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and the fat of the peace
offerings: because the brasen
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altar that was before the
Lord was too little to receive
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the burnt offerings, and meat
offerings, and the fat of the
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peace offerings. And at
that time Solomon held a feast,
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and all Israel with him, a
great congregation, from the
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entering in of Hamath unto the
river of Egypt, before the Lord
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our God, seven days and
seven days, even fourteen days.
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On the eighth day he sent the
people away: and they blessed
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the king, and went unto their
tents joyful and glad of heart
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for all the goodness that
the Lord had done for David
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his servant, and
for Israel his people.
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We're continuing to
read in 1st Kings, chapter 9,
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And this is the
King James Version.
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And it came to pass when Solomon
had finished the building of the
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house of the Lord, and the
king's house, and all Solomon's
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desire which he was pleased
to do, that the Lord appeared to
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Solomon the second time, as he
had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
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And the Lord said unto him,
I have heard thy prayer and thy
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supplication, that thou hast
made before me: I have hallowed
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this house, which thou
hast build, to put my name there
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for ever; and mine eyes and mine
heart shall be there perpetually
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and if thou wilt walk before
me, as David thy father walked,
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in integrity of heart, and
in uprightness, to do according
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to all that I have commanded
thee, and wilt keep my statutes
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and my judgments: Then I
will establish the throne
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of thy kingdom upon Israel
for ever, as I promised to David
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thy father, saying, There shall
not fail thee a man upon the
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throne of Israel. But if ye
shall at all turn from following
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me, ye or your children, and
will not keep my commandments
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and my statutes which I have
set before you, but go and serve
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other gods, and worship
them: Then will I cut off Israel
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out of the land which I
have given them; and this house,
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which I have hallowed for
my name, will I cast out of
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my sight; and Israel shall
be a proverb and a byword among
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all people: And at this house,
which is high, every one that
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passeth by it shall be
astonished, and shall hiss,
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and they shall say, Why hath the
Lord done thus unto this land,
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and to this house? And
they shall answer, Because they
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forsook the Lord their God,
who brought forth their fathers
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out of the land of Egypt, and
have taken hold upon other gods,
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and have worshipped them, and
served them: therefore hath the
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Lord brought upon them all
this evil. And it came to pass
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at the end of 20 years, when
Solomon had built the 2 houses,
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the house of the
Lord, and the king's house,
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Now Hiram the king of Tyre had
furnished Solomon with the cedar
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trees and fir trees, and
with gold, according to all his
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desire, that then king Solomon
gave Hiram 20 cities in the land
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of Galilee. And Hiram came
out from Tyre to see the cities
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which Solomon had given
him; and they pleased him not.
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And he said, What cities are
these which thou hast given me,
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my brother? And he called them
the land of Cabul unto this day.
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And Hiram sent to the
king sixscore talents of gold.
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And this is the reason of the
levy which king Solomon raised;
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for to build the house of
the Lord, and his own house,
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and Millo, and the wall
of Jerusalem, and Hazor,
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and Megiddo, and Gezer. For
Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone
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up and taken Gezer and burnt
it with fire, and slain the
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Canaanites that dwelt in the
city, and given it for a present
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unto his daughter, Solomon's
wife. And Solomon built Gezer,
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and Beth-horon the
nether, and Baalath, and Tadmor
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in the wilderness, in the land,
and all the cities of store
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that Solomon had, and cities for
his chariots, and cities for his
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horsemen, and that which Solomon
desired to build in Jerusalem,
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and in Lebanon, and in
all the land of his dominion.
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And all the people that were
left of the Amorites, Hittites,
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Perrizzites, Hivites, and
Jebusites, which were not of
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the children of Israel, their
children that were left after
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them in the land, whom the
children of Israel also were not
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able utterly to destroy, upon
those did Solomon levy a tribute
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of bondservice unto this day.
But of the children of Israel
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did Solomon make no bondmen:
but they were men of war,
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and his servants, and his
princes, and his captains,
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and rulers of his chariots,
and his horsemen. These were the
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chief of the officers that
were over Solomon's work, 550,
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which bare rule over the
people that wrought in the work.
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But Pharaoh's daughter came
up out of the city of David unto
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her house which Solomon had
built for her: then did he build
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Millo. And 3 times in a year did
Solomon offer burnt offerings
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and peace offerings upon the
altar which he built unto the
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Lord, and he burnt incense
upon the altar that was before
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the Lord. So he finished
the house. And King Solomon
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made a navy of ships in
Eziongeber, which is beside
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Eloth, on the shore of the
Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
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And Hiram sent in the navy
his servants, shipmen that had
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knowledge of the sea,
with the servants of Solomon.
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And they came to Ophir,
and fetched from thence gold,
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420 talents, and
brought it to king Solomon.
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We're continuing to
read in 1 Kings, chapter 10.
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This is the King James version.
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And when the queen of Sheba
heard of the fame of Solomon
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concerning the name of the
Lord, she came to prove him
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with hard questions. And she
came to Jerusalem with a very
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great train, with camels that
bare spices, and very much gold,
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and precious stones: and
when she was come to Solomon,
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she communed with him of
all that was in her heart.
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And Solomon told her all
her questions: there was not any
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thing hid from the
king, which he told her not.
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And when the queen of Sheba
had seen all Solomon's wisdom,
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and the house that he had built,
and the meat of his table,
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and the sitting of his servants,
and the attendance of his
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ministers and their apparel, and
his cupbearers, and his ascent
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by which he went up
unto the house of the Lord:
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thee was no more spirit in
her. And she said to the king,
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It was a true report
that I heard in mine own land
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of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
Howbeit I believed not the words
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until I came, and mine eyes had
seen it: and, behold the half
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was not told me: thy
wisdom and prosperity exceedeth
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the thing which I heard. Happy
are thy men, happy are these
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thy servants, which
stand continually before thee,
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and that hear thy wisdom.
Blessed be the Lord thy God,
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which delighted in thee, to
set thee on the throne of Israel
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because the Lord loved Israel
for ever, therefore made he thee
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king, to do judgment and
justice. And she gave the king
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an hundred and twenty talents of
gold, and of spices very great
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store, and precious
stones: there came no more such
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abundance of spices as these
which the queen of Sheba gave
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to king Solomon. And the navy
also of Hiram, that brought gold
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from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir great plenty of almug
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trees, and precious stones.
And the king made of the almug
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trees, pillars for the house
of the Lord, and for the king's
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house, harps also and psalteries
for singers: there came no such
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almug trees, nor were seen
unto this day. And king Solomon
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gave unto the queen of Sheba all
her desire, whatsoever she asked
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beside that which Solomon
gave her of his royal bounty.
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So she turned and went to
her own country, she and her
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servants. Now the weight
of gold that came to Solomon
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in one year was six hundred
threescore and six talents
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of gold, beside that
he had of the merchantmen,
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and of the traffic of the spice
merchants, and of all the kings
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of Arabia, and of the
governors of the country.
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And King Solomon made
200 targets of beaten gold:
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600 shekels of gold went to one
target. And he made 300 shields
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of beaten gold: 3 pound of gold
went to one shield: and the king
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put them in the house
of the forest of Lebanon.
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Thank you for
joining with me today.
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Please join me again next time
to read the word of God. Goodbye
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