2 Chronicles 9
- 1And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
- 2And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he did not tell her.
- 3And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
- 4And the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothes, his cupbearers also, and their clothes, and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord. There was no more spirit in her.
- 5And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom:
- 6However I did not believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and the one half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. For you exceed the fame that I heard.
- 7Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
- 8Blessed be the Lord your God, which delighted in you to set you on his throne, to be king for the Lord your God. Because your God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he you king over them, to do judgment and justice.
- 9And she gave the king about 4½ tons of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
- 10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
- 11And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and lyres for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
- 12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, beside that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
- 13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was about 25 tons of gold.
- 14Beside that which traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
- 15And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: 15 pounds of beaten gold went to one target.
- 16And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: 7½ pounds of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
- 17Also the king made a great throne of ivory, and covered it with pure gold.
- 18And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
- 19And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
- 20And all the drinking cups of king Solomon were of gold, and all the items of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver. It was not anything accounted of in the days of Solomon.
- 21For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- 22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
- 23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
- 24And they brought every man his present, silver objects, and gold objects, and clothing, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
- 25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, who he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 26And he reigned over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
- 27And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
- 28And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
- 29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
- 30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
- 31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 2 Chronicles 9 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
GIGAKJVAnd when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
KJVAnd Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
GIGAKJVAnd Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he did not tell her.
KJVAnd the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord; there was no more spirit in her.
GIGAKJVAnd the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothes, his cupbearers also, and their clothes, and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord. There was no more spirit in her.
KJVAnd she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
GIGAKJVAnd she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom:
KJVHowbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
GIGAKJVHowever I did not believe their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and the one half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. For you exceed the fame that I heard.
KJVHappy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
GIGAKJVHappy are your men, and happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
KJVBlessed be the Lord thy God, which 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 made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
GIGAKJVBlessed be the Lord your God, which delighted in you to set you on his throne, to be king for the Lord your God. Because your God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he you king over them, to do judgment and justice.
KJVAnd she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
GIGAKJVAnd she gave the king about 4½ tons of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
KJVAnd the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
GIGAKJVAnd the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king's palace, and harps and lyres for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
KJVAnd king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
GIGAKJVAnd king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, beside that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
KJVNow the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
GIGAKJVNow the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was about 25 tons of gold.
KJVBeside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
GIGAKJVBeside that which traders and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
KJVAnd king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
GIGAKJVAnd king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: 15 pounds of beaten gold went to one target.
KJVAnd three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
GIGAKJVAnd three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: 7½ pounds of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
KJVMoreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
GIGAKJVAlso the king made a great throne of ivory, and covered it with pure gold.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
KJVAnd all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
GIGAKJVAnd all the drinking cups of king Solomon were of gold, and all the items of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver. It was not anything accounted of in the days of Solomon.
KJVAnd they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
GIGAKJVAnd they brought every man his present, silver objects, and gold objects, and clothing, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
KJVAnd Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
GIGAKJVAnd Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, who he stationed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
KJVAnd he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
GIGAKJVAnd he reigned over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
KJVAnd the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
GIGAKJVAnd the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
KJVAnd they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
GIGAKJVAnd they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
KJVAnd Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
GIGAKJVAnd Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
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