1. And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with enigmas at Jerusalem, with a very great host and camels that bore spices and gold in abundance and precious stones. And when she was come to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart.
2. But Solomon told her all her questions, and nothing remained that Solomon did not declare unto her.
3. And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he had built
4. and the food of his table and the seat of his slaves and the attendance of his ministers and their apparel, his butlers also and their apparel, and his sacrifices which he sacrificed in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.
5. And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of thy word and of thy wisdom,
6. but I did not believe their words until I came, and my eyes had seen it, and, behold, not even the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was told me, for thou dost exceed the fame that I heard.
7. Blessed are thy men and blessed are these thy slaves, who stand continually before thee and hear thy wisdom.
8. The Lord thy God be blessed, who 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, he made thee king over them, to do judgment and righteousness.
9. And she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and of spices great abundance and precious stones; never had there been any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
10. Also the slaves of Hiram and the slaves of Solomon, who had brought gold from Ophir, brought brazil wood and precious stones.
11. And the king made of the brazil wood stairs to the house of the Lord and to the king’s palace and harps and psalteries for the singers, and such wood had never been seen before in the land of Judah.