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First Book of Kings, Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 of 1 Kings—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now the queen of Sheʹba1 was hearing the report about Solʹo·mon in connection with the name of Jehovah.2 So she came to test him with perplexing questions.[a]3
  2. Finally she arrived at Jerusalem with a very impressive train,4 camels5 carrying balsam oil6 and very much gold and precious stones; and she came on in to Solʹo·mon and began to speak to him all that happened to be close to her heart.7
  3. Solʹo·mon, in turn, went on to tell her all her matters.8 There proved to be no matter hidden from the king that he did not tell her.9
  4. ¶ When the queen of Sheʹba got to see all the wisdom of Solʹo·mon10 and the house that he had built,11
  5. and the food[b] of his table12 and the sitting of his servants and the table service[c] of his waiters and their attire and his drinks13 and his burnt sacrifices that he regularly offered up at the house of Jehovah, then there proved to be no more spirit in her.14
  6. So she said to the king: “True has the word proved to be that I heard in my own land about your matters and about your wisdom.15
  7. And I did not put faith in the words until I had come that my own eyes might see; and, look! I had not been told the half.16 You have surpassed in wisdom and prosperity the things heard to which I listened.17
  8. Happy are your men;[d]18 happy19 are these servants of yours who are standing before you constantly, listening to your wisdom!20
  9. May Jehovah your God come to be blessed,21 who has taken delight22 in you by putting you upon the throne of Israel;23 because Jehovah loves Israel to time indefinite,24 so that he appointed you as king25 to render judicial decision26 and righteousness.”27
  10. ¶ Then she gave28 the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold29 and a very great deal of balsam oil30 and precious stones. There never came anymore the like of that balsam oil for quantity such as the queen of Sheʹba gave to King Solʹo·mon.
  11. ¶ And Hiʹram’s fleet of ships31 that carried gold from Oʹphir32 also brought from Oʹphir timbers of algum[e] trees33 in very great amount and precious stones.34
  12. And the king proceeded to make out of the timbers of the algum trees supports for the house of Jehovah35 and for the house of the king, and also harps36 and stringed37 instruments for the singers. Timbers of algum trees like this have not come in nor have they been seen down to this day.
  13. ¶ And King Solʹo·mon himself gave the queen of Sheʹba all her delight for which she asked, apart from what he gave her according to the openhandedness38 of King Solʹo·mon. After that she turned about and went to her own land, she together with her servants.39
  14. ¶ And the weight of the gold40 that came to Solʹo·mon in one year amounted up to six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,[f]41
  15. apart from the men of travel and the profit from the traders and all the kings42 of the Arabs43 and the governors of the land.
  16. ¶ And King Solʹo·mon went on to make two hundred large shields of alloyed gold44 (six hundred [shekels][g] of gold he proceeded to lay upon each large shield),45
  17. and three hundred bucklers of alloyed gold (three miʹnas[h] of gold he proceeded to lay upon each buckler[i]).46 Then the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebʹa·non.47
  18. ¶ Further, the king made a great ivory48 throne49 and overlaid it with refined gold.50
  19. There were six steps to the throne, and the throne had a round canopy behind it, and there were armrests on this side and on that side by the place of sitting, and two lions51 were standing beside the armrests.52
  20. And there were twelve lions standing there upon the six steps, on this side and on that side. No other kingdom had any made just like it.53
  21. ¶ And all the drinking vessels of King Solʹo·mon were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebʹa·non54 were of pure gold.55 There was nothing of silver; it was considered in the days of Solʹo·mon as nothing at all.
  22. For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarʹshish56 on the sea along with Hiʹram’s fleet of ships. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarʹshish would come carrying gold57 and silver, ivory,58 and apes and peacocks.
  23. ¶ So King Solʹo·mon was greater in riches59 and wisdom60 than all the other kings of the earth.
  24. And all the people of the earth[j] were seeking the face of Solʹo·mon to hear his wisdom that God[k] had put in his heart.61
  25. And they were bringing each his gift,62 articles of silver63 and articles of gold and garments and armor64 and balsam oil, horses and mules,65 as a yearly matter of course.66
  26. ¶ And Solʹo·mon kept gathering more chariots and steeds;[l] and he came to have a thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand steeds,67 and he kept them stationed in the chariot cities and close by the king in Jerusalem.68
  27. ¶ And the king came to make the silver in Jerusalem like the stones,69 and cedarwood he made like the sycamore trees that are in the She·pheʹlah[m] for great quantity.70
  28. ¶ And there was the export of the horses that Solʹo·mon had from Egypt, and the company of the king’s merchants would themselves take the horse drove for a price.71
  29. And a chariot customarily came up and was exported from Egypt for six hundred silver pieces, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and that was the way it was for all the kings of the Hitʹtites72 and the kings of Syria. It was by means of them[n] that they did the exporting.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “with riddles.”
  2. ^ Or, “dishes.”
  3. ^ Lit., “the standing.”
  4. ^ “Men,” MVg; LXXSyIt, “wives.”
  5. ^ Heb., ʼal·mug·gimʹ. Compare 2Ch 2:8 ftn, “Algum.”
  6. ^ About $256,643,000, with gold at $350 (U.S.) per oz t.
  7. ^ “Six hundred shekels,” Vg; M, “six hundred”; Sy, “six hundred minas.” See App 8A.
  8. ^ See App 8A.
  9. ^ “Upon each buckler.” Heb., ʽal-ham·ma·ghenʹ, a shield smaller than the tsin·nahʹ, “large shield,” mentioned in vs 16.
  10. ^ Lit., “And all the earth,” but with the pl. participle “seeking.” LXXSy, “And all the kings of the earth.”
  11. ^ “God,” M(Heb., ʼElo·himʹ)Vg; LXX, “Jehovah.”
  12. ^ Or, “horsemen.”
  13. ^ Or, “the lowland.”
  14. ^ “It was by means of them,” M; LXX, “It was by sea.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ge 10:28
  2. ^ 1Ki 4:29
  3. ^ 2Ch 9:1; Mt 12:42
  4. ^ 2Ki 8:9; Ps 72:10
  5. ^ Is 60:6
  6. ^ Ex 25:6; 2Ki 20:13
  7. ^ 2Ch 9:1
  8. ^ 2Ch 9:2; Pr 1:5; 13:20
  9. ^ 2Sa 14:20
  10. ^ 1Ki 3:28; 2Ch 9:3; Ec 12:9
  11. ^ 1Ki 6:1
  12. ^ 1Ki 4:22
  13. ^ 2Ch 9:4
  14. ^ Jos 5:1
  15. ^ 2Ch 9:5
  16. ^ Jn 7:46; Ro 11:33
  17. ^ 2Ch 9:6
  18. ^ 1Ki 4:20; Ps 33:12; 144:15
  19. ^ De 33:29; Pr 3:13; 8:34
  20. ^ 2Ch 9:7
  21. ^ 1Ki 5:7; Ps 72:18
  22. ^ Ps 18:19
  23. ^ Ps 2:6
  24. ^ De 7:8; 1Ch 17:22; 2Ch 2:11
  25. ^ 1Ki 2:45; 2Ch 9:8; Lu 11:31; Jn 1:49
  26. ^ 2Sa 8:15; Is 9:7
  27. ^ 2Sa 23:3; Ps 72:2; Is 11:4; Je 22:15
  28. ^ Ps 72:10
  29. ^ 2Ch 9:9
  30. ^ Ge 43:11
  31. ^ 1Ki 9:27
  32. ^ 2Ch 8:18; Ps 45:9
  33. ^ 2Ch 2:8
  34. ^ 2Ch 9:10
  35. ^ 2Ch 9:11
  36. ^ 1Ch 13:8; 25:1; Ps 92:3; 150:3
  37. ^ 2Sa 6:5; 2Ch 5:12
  38. ^ Pr 11:25
  39. ^ 2Ch 9:12
  40. ^ 1Ch 29:4
  41. ^ 2Ch 9:13
  42. ^ 2Ch 9:14; Ps 72:10
  43. ^ 2Ch 9:14; 21:16
  44. ^ 1Ki 14:26; 2Ch 12:9
  45. ^ 2Ch 9:15
  46. ^ 2Ch 9:16
  47. ^ 1Ki 7:2
  48. ^ 1Ki 22:39; Ps 45:8; Am 6:4; Re 18:12
  49. ^ Ps 122:5
  50. ^ 2Ch 9:17
  51. ^ Ge 49:9; Nu 23:24; 24:9; Pr 28:1; Re 5:5
  52. ^ 2Ch 9:18
  53. ^ 2Ch 9:19
  54. ^ 1Ki 7:2
  55. ^ 2Ch 9:20
  56. ^ Ge 10:4; 2Ch 20:36; Ps 72:10; Is 23:1; 60:9; Eze 27:12; Jon 1:3
  57. ^ 2Ch 9:21
  58. ^ 1Ki 10:18
  59. ^ 1Ki 3:13; 2Ch 9:22; Ec 5:19
  60. ^ 1Ki 3:12; 4:29, 34; Col 2:3
  61. ^ 2Ch 9:23; Pr 2:6
  62. ^ Ps 68:29; Pr 18:16
  63. ^ 1Ch 29:4
  64. ^ Is 22:8
  65. ^ 1Ki 1:33; Ezr 2:66
  66. ^ 2Ch 9:24
  67. ^ De 17:16; 1Ki 4:26
  68. ^ 2Ch 9:25
  69. ^ 2Ch 1:15
  70. ^ 2Ch 9:27
  71. ^ De 17:16; 2Ch 9:28
  72. ^ Jos 1:4; 2Ki 7:6

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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