The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon

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The material here is repeated from I Kings 10 .

Chapter 9 records again the visit of the Queen of Sheba which she made to observe the wisdom of Solomon. It also tells of the riches and splendor that was Solomon's and ends with an account of his death.

It is interesting to note that nothing here is mentioned about the "sins" of Solomon, marrying "strange wives", 1,000 in all or worshipping "strange" gods. This bears out what is written in Ezekiel 33:16, "None of the sins of Solomon were ever mentioned against him." When God pardons sin, He remembers it no more.

It was sad when Solomon died, he was stripped of all his wealth and power but the saddest part was that he knew "a fool" was replacing him. His son, Rehoboam, did not inherit his wisdom.

When the Queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's wisdom, she came to test him with hard questions. He answered all that she wanted to know. She was amazed by his wisdom and the grandeur of his palace and his servants. She phrased the God of Israel and admitted that He must have loved the people for giving them a King like Solomon. She left Israel after giving gifts of gold and great quantities of spices and many jewels. Solomon gave her gifts of equal value.

Solomon received one billion dollars in gold each year from the Kings of Arabia. He used some of this gold to make shields which he places in the Lebanon Room of his Palace. He also made a huge ivory throne overlaid with pure gold. All of his cups were solid gold as was his furnishings in his Palace. Every three years his ships returned from Tarshish, loaded with gold, silver, ivory. Apes and peacocks.

So Solomon was richer than any other king on earth. Kings from ever nation came to visit him and to hear the wisdom that God had put into his heart. In addition, Solomon had 4,000 stalls of horses and chariots and 12,000 cavalrymen.

Solomon ruled over Israel for 40 years, and then he died and was buried in Jerusalem. His son, Rehoboam, became the new King.

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