The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

1 Kings 10:14 (KJV)


[FONT=&quot]Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,[/FONT]

1 Kings 10:15 (KJV)

Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.

1 Kings 10:16 (NIV)


[FONT=&quot]King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT]

1 Kings 10:17 (ESV)

And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

Sheild of Faith?

Your neck is like the tower of David, built with courses of stone; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

1 kings 10;18 cjb
the king also made a large throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold.

1 Kings 10:19 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]The throne had six steps, and its back had a rounded top. On both sides of the seat were armrests, with a lion standing beside each of them.[/FONT]

1 Kings 10:20 (ESV)

while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom.

1 Kings 10:21 (ESV)

[FONT=&quot]All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.[/FONT]

1 Kings 10:22 (HCSB)
for the king had ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram's fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

1 Kings 10:23 (ESV)

Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

1 Kings 10:24 (ESV)

[FONT=&quot]And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT]

1 Kings 10:25 (ESV)

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

sorry for the slight inter missive interruption for the moment, but there is somewhat of an error i believe that needed perspective.
no, not apes. sorry.

should read a bird from each gender if i remember correctly.
As in "look at the birds how they neither sow......


again, forgive me for the interruption.

Blessings Always.

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[TD]Solomon assembled chariots and horsemen, and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; he led them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.[/TD]
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[TD="class: hebrew, align: right"]כווַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף שְׁלֹמֹה֘ רֶ֣כֶב וּפָרָשִׁים֒ וַיְהִי־ל֗וֹ אֶ֚לֶף וְאַרְבַּע־מֵאוֹת֙ רֶ֔כֶב וּשְׁנֵים־עָשָֹ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּנְחֵם֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י הָרֶ֔כֶב וְעִם־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽםִ:[/TD]
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1 Kings 10:27 (ESV)

And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.

28 Shlomo’s horses had been brought from Egypt and from Keveh, with the king’s agents having bought them from the dealers in Keveh at the going price.


"Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you--'


"Bless those who.....

1 Kings 10:29 (CSB)

A chariot was imported from Egypt for fifteen pounds of silver, and a horse for nearly four pounds. In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram through their agents.

1 Kings 11:1 (NIV)

11 [FONT=&quot]King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites,[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.[/FONT]

1 Kings 11:2 (KJV)
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

1 Kings 11:3 (KJV)


[FONT=&quot]And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.[/FONT]

1 Kings 11:4 (KJV)

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.