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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 10
The queen of Sheba visits Solomon—His wealth and wisdom exceed those
of all the kings of the earth.
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1 AND when the
aqueen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the
name of the LORD, she came to bprove him with hard
questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon told her all her
aquestions: there was not any thing hid from the
king, which he told her not.
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4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
5 And the ameat of his table, and
the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their
apparel, and his cupbearers, and his bascent by which he
went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
6 And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
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7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
8 Happy are thy men, happy are these
thy servants, which astand continually before thee,
and that hear thy wisdom.
9 aBlessed be the LORD thy God,
which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the
LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and
justice.
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10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty
talents of agold, and of spices very great store, and
precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which
the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
11 And the anavy also of Hiram,
that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug
trees, and precious stones.
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12 And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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14 ¶ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
15 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.
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16 ¶ And king Solomon made two hundred
atargets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels
of gold went to one target.
17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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18 ¶ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the
throne was round behind: and there were
astays on either side on the place of the seat, and two
lions stood beside the stays.
20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
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21 ¶ And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a navy of
aTharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three
years came the navy of Tharshisha,
bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the
earth for ariches and for wisdom.
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22a once in three years came the navy of
Tharshish Many do not believe the total greatness of Solomon and
particularly his navy's accomplishments. But if indeed Solomon was the most
wise and knowing, then he would have known of such as the other lands of the
sea, even unto the Americas. A three year voyage could well transend the
oceans and bring such products from the Jaredite's America such as cocaine,
tobacco(coca/nicotine) and even hemp(hashish/marijuana), all of which are of origin in America and have been
established to have been found in what is now termed the Cocaine Mummies of
Egypt. Even a re-examination of the mummy of Ramesses II revealed the presence
of fragments of tobacco leaves in his abdomen. And cannabis/marijuana has been
found in many ancient tombs as well as in China and also in Egypt. So much
for the Vikings or even Columbus as being the first 'discoverer' of
America. The great 'trade city' of the Jaredites about the narrow neck of
land I would suggest as being such as the source, as all such traficing of
goods was known to be a part of it according to the Book of Mormon (Ether
10:19-28). There are other such evidences that such ships of Tarshish or of
the Phoenicians and Harim did make such trans-Atlantic voyages.
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24 ¶ And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 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.
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26 ¶ And Solomon gathered together chariots and
horsemen: and he had a athousand and four hundred chariots,
and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots,
and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king amade silver to
be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the
sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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28 ¶ And Solomon had horses brought out of
Egypt, and alinen yarn: the king's merchants received the
linen yarn at a price.
29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
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