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I Kings Chapter 10

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In chapter 10 Solomon's reign is described as a time of great prosperity and wisdom, as he builds the temple of the Lord and dedicates it to the people. The chapter highlights the people's loyalty to the king and the significance of the temple as a center of worship and national identity.

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(1) And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
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II Chronicles 9:1II Chronicles 9:2II Chronicles 9:3II Chronicles 9:4II Chronicles 9:5II Chronicles 9:6II Chronicles 9:7II Chronicles 9:8II Chronicles 9:9II Chronicles 9:10II Chronicles 9:11II Chronicles 9:12

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II Chronicles 9:1Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19I Kings 10:13I Kings 5:8I Kings 10:10

(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.
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II Kings 5:5II Kings 5:9Isaiah 60:6Isaiah 60:7Isaiah 60:8Isaiah 60:9Acts 25:23Exodus 25:6II Kings 20:13Genesis 18:33Job 4:2Psalms 4:4

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II Chronicles 9:1I Chronicles 29:2I Kings 10:10II Chronicles 9:9I Kings 7:10II Kings 20:13

(3) And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
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II Chronicles 9:2Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 1:6Proverbs 13:20Isaiah 42:16Matthew 13:11John 7:17I Corinthians 1:30Colossians 2:3I Kings 10:1I Kings 3:12II Samuel 14:17

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II Chronicles 9:2II Chronicles 9:1I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53

(4) And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
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I Kings 3:28I Kings 4:29I Kings 4:30I Kings 4:31II Chronicles 9:3II Chronicles 9:4Ecclesiastes 12:9Matthew 12:42I Kings 6:1I Kings 6:2I Kings 6:3I Kings 6:4

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II Chronicles 9:3I Kings 4:30

(5) And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
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I Kings 4:22I Kings 4:23II Kings 16:18I Chronicles 9:18I Chronicles 26:16II Chronicles 23:13Ezekiel 44:3Ezekiel 46:2Joshua 5:1II Chronicles 9:4

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II Chronicles 9:4II Kings 16:15Joel 1:13Exodus 26:35

(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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II Chronicles 9:5II Chronicles 9:6

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II Chronicles 9:5II Corinthians 6:8I John 5:20I Kings 4:30I Kings 11:41

(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.
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Isaiah 64:4Zechariah 9:17Mark 16:11John 20:25John 20:26John 20:27John 20:28John 20:29I Corinthians 2:9I John 3:2

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II Chronicles 9:6Exodus 25:10Exodus 37:1I Kings 4:30I Corinthians 2:6

(8) Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
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II Chronicles 9:7II Chronicles 9:8Proverbs 3:13Proverbs 3:14Proverbs 8:34Proverbs 10:21Proverbs 13:20Luke 10:39Luke 10:40Luke 10:41Luke 10:42Luke 11:28

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II Chronicles 9:7Psalms 144:15Proverbs 3:13I Kings 4:30

(9) Blessed 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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I Kings 5:7Psalms 72:17Psalms 72:18Psalms 72:19Psalms 18:19Psalms 22:8Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 62:4Deuteronomy 7:8I Chronicles 17:22II Chronicles 2:11II Samuel 8:15

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II Chronicles 9:8Job 36:17Psalms 89:14Isaiah 9:7I Samuel 20:17Malachi 1:2

(10) And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, 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.
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I Kings 10:2I Kings 9:14Psalms 72:10Psalms 72:15Matthew 2:11Genesis 43:11Exodus 30:34Proverbs 3:13Proverbs 3:14Proverbs 3:15Proverbs 20:15Revelation 21:11

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II Chronicles 9:9II Chronicles 9:1I Chronicles 29:2Ezekiel 27:22I Kings 10:2I Kings 5:11

(11) And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
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I Kings 9:27I Kings 9:28II Chronicles 8:18Psalms 45:9II Chronicles 2:8II Chronicles 9:10II Chronicles 9:11

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I Chronicles 29:2II Chronicles 9:10I Kings 9:11I Kings 10:12I Kings 7:10I Kings 10:22

(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.
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I Chronicles 23:5I Chronicles 25:1I Chronicles 25:2I Chronicles 25:3I Chronicles 25:4I Chronicles 25:5I Chronicles 25:6I Chronicles 25:7I Chronicles 25:8I Chronicles 25:9I Chronicles 25:10I Chronicles 25:11

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Leviticus 23:40II Chronicles 2:8II Chronicles 9:11Exodus 10:15Numbers 24:6Deuteronomy 20:20

(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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I Kings 10:2I Kings 9:1Psalms 20:4Psalms 37:4Matthew 15:28John 14:13John 14:14Ephesians 3:20

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II Chronicles 9:12II Chronicles 9:1Philippians 4:8I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53I Kings 9:11

(14) Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
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I Kings 9:28

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II Chronicles 9:13Ezra 8:26Revelation 13:18Exodus 28:10Leviticus 25:3II Samuel 21:20

(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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I Chronicles 9:24II Chronicles 9:13II Chronicles 9:14Psalms 72:10Isaiah 21:13Galatians 4:25

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II Chronicles 9:14Leviticus 23:38

(16) And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
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I Kings 14:26I Kings 14:27I Kings 14:28II Chronicles 9:15II Chronicles 9:16II Chronicles 12:9II Chronicles 12:10

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II Chronicles 9:15I Kings 10:14II Chronicles 9:13Exodus 30:23Ezekiel 45:12I Kings 1:51

(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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I Kings 7:2

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II Chronicles 9:16II Kings 14:9II Chronicles 25:18

(18) Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
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II Chronicles 9:17II Chronicles 9:18II Chronicles 9:19Psalms 45:6Psalms 110:1Psalms 122:5Hebrews 1:3Hebrews 1:8Revelation 20:11I Kings 10:22I Kings 22:39Psalms 45:8

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II Chronicles 9:17I Kings 1:47Revelation 4:6

(19) The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
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II Chronicles 9:18Revelation 4:6Revelation 7:11Leviticus 23:38I Kings 1:37I Kings 1:47

(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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Genesis 49:9Numbers 23:24Numbers 24:9Revelation 5:5

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Numbers 7:87II Chronicles 9:19Numbers 7:84Ezra 8:35Esther 2:12Revelation 7:5

(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.
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II Chronicles 9:20II Chronicles 9:21II Chronicles 9:22I Kings 10:17I Kings 7:2

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II Chronicles 9:20II Samuel 8:10II Chronicles 24:14II Kings 12:13Isaiah 22:24I Kings 7:51

(22) For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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I Kings 22:48Genesis 10:4II Chronicles 9:21II Chronicles 20:36II Chronicles 20:37Psalms 48:7Psalms 72:10Isaiah 2:16Isaiah 23:1Isaiah 23:6Isaiah 23:10Isaiah 60:9

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II Chronicles 9:21I Kings 9:27I Kings 10:11Exodus 38:17I Kings 9:26

(23) So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
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I Kings 3:12I Kings 3:13I Kings 4:29I Kings 4:30I Kings 4:31I Kings 4:32I Kings 4:33I Kings 4:34II Chronicles 9:22II Chronicles 9:23Psalms 89:27Ephesians 3:8

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II Chronicles 1:11II Chronicles 9:22Ezekiel 28:5I Kings 4:30I Kings 4:34I Kings 5:12

(24) And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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I Kings 3:9I Kings 3:12I Kings 3:28Proverbs 2:6Daniel 1:17Daniel 2:21Daniel 2:23Daniel 5:11James 1:5

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I Kings 11:40II Chronicles 9:23I Kings 4:30I Kings 4:34I Kings 5:12I Kings 11:41

(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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I Kings 10:10Judges 3:15I Samuel 10:27II Samuel 8:2II Samuel 8:10II Chronicles 26:8Job 42:11Psalms 72:10Psalms 72:15Isaiah 36:16Matthew 2:11I Kings 1:33

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II Chronicles 9:24II Samuel 8:10II Chronicles 24:14II Kings 12:13Isaiah 22:24I Kings 10:21

(26) And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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I Kings 4:26Deuteronomy 17:16II Chronicles 1:14II Chronicles 9:25Isaiah 2:7

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II Chronicles 1:14II Chronicles 9:25I Samuel 8:11II Samuel 8:4I Chronicles 18:4Judges 4:13

(27) And the king made 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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II Chronicles 1:15II Chronicles 1:16II Chronicles 1:17II Chronicles 9:27Job 22:24Job 22:25

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I Chronicles 29:2II Chronicles 1:15II Chronicles 9:27I Kings 7:10Leviticus 23:40I Chronicles 27:28

(28) And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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Deuteronomy 17:16II Chronicles 1:16II Chronicles 1:17II Chronicles 9:28Isaiah 31:1Isaiah 31:2Isaiah 31:3Isaiah 36:9Genesis 41:42Proverbs 7:16Isaiah 19:9Ezekiel 27:7

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II Chronicles 1:16Exodus 39:28Leviticus 16:4Esther 8:8Exodus 28:39Leviticus 6:10

(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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Joshua 1:4II Kings 7:6Hosea 12:10Malachi 1:1

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II Chronicles 1:17Exodus 30:23Joshua 7:21II Kings 1:13Ezra 8:26Ezekiel 48:17

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