OET 2 CHR chapter 9

9 The queen from the Sheva region had heard all about Shelomoh, and she came to Yerushalem with some hard questions. Her party included a large number of camels carrying lots of spices and gold and valuable gemstones. She came to Shelomoh and discussed everything that was on her mind with him.[ref] 2 Shelomoh responded to all her queries, and there wasn’t any subject that he wasn’t able to speak to. 3 When the queen from Sheva saw Shelomoh’s wisdom, and saw the palace that he’d built 4 and the food at his table, as well as the seating of his servants, his well-dressed ministers standing by, his cup-bearers in their uniforms, and the burnt offerings that he sacrificed at Yahweh’s temple, it took her breath away 5 and she told the king, “Everything I heard in my own country about you and you wisdom was true. 6 I didn’t believe what they reported to me until I saw it with my own eyes, and wow, the reports that I heard didn’t even cover half of the extent of your wisdom! 7 Your men are blessed, and even your servants are blessed to be able to continually stand in front of you and listen to your wisdom. 8 Let your god Yahweh be blessed—the one who delighted in you to place you on his throne as his king. Your god loved Yisrael and wanted to establish them forever, so he’s placed you over them as king—to give justice and do what is right.”

9 Then she gave the king four tonnes of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and valuable gemstones. Nobody before had ever seen such a large amount of spices as what the queen from Sheva gave to King Shelomoh.

10 (Also, King Huram’s servants working together with Shelomoh’s servants brought gold from Ofir, as well as algum wood and valuable gemstones. 11 The king made the algum wood into staircases for Yahweh’s temple and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Nothing like that had been seen before in Yehudah.)

12 King Shelomoh gave the queen from Sheba everything she wanted—more than what she’d brought to the king. Then she departed with her servants and went back to her country.

9:13 Shelomoh’s wealth

Full kingdom

(1 Kgs 10:14-25)

13 In one year, Shelomoh received about twenty tonnes of gold, 14 as well as what the merchants and traders brought in. All the Arabian kings, and all the local governors brought gold and silver to Shelomoh. 15 King Shelomoh made two hundred large shields of beaten gold—six hundred gold coins worth of beaten gold went into each shield. 16 Also, three hundred smaller shields—three hundred gold coins worth of beaten gold went into each shield.

17 Then the king made a large, ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to it. It had armrests on each side, with a lion statue beside each armrest. 19 There were twelve statues of lions standing on the six steps—one at each end of each step. No throne like that existed in any other kingdom.

20 All of King Shelomoh’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in ‘The House of the Lebanon Forest’ were refined gold. Nothing was made of silver, because in the time of Shelomoh’s reign, silver wasn’t considered valuable 21 because the king’s ships went to Tarshish with Huram’s servants. Every three years the fleet would bring back gold, silver, ivory, and apes and baboons, 22 so King Shelomoh became greater than all the other kings in the world, both in wealth and in wisdom.

23 Kings from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wisdom that God had given Shelomoh. 24 Each of them would bring gifts: gold and silver items, clothes, myrrh and spices, horses and mules. (This continued year after year.)

25 Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he kept some in the chariot cities and some close by in Yerushalem.[ref] 26 He ended up ruling over all the kings in the region from the Euphrates River in the northeast, west to the area of the Philistines, and south down to the Egyptian border.[ref] 27 The king made silver as common as stones, and cedar timber as common as the sycamore fig trees in the lowlands. 28 Horses were brought in from Egpyt (Heb. Mitsrayim) for Shelomoh and from other countries as well.[ref]

9:29 Summary of Shelomoh’s reign

Full kingdom

(1 Kgs 11:41-43)

29 Everything else that Shelomoh did, from the beginning to the end, was written down by the prophet Natan, and the prophecy by Ahiyah (from Shiloh) and the prophet Iddo’s visions about Nevat’s son Yaraveam (Jeroboam) were also written down. 30 Shelomoh reigned from Yerushalem over all Yisrael for forty years, 31 then he died and was buried with his father in ‘The City of David’, and his son Rehaveam (Rehoboam) replaced him as king.

9:1-9: Mat 12:42; Luk 11:31.

9:25: 1Ki 4:26.

9:26: Gen 15:18; 1Ki 4:21.

9:28: Deu 17:16.

9 and_the _queen _of Shəⱱāʼ she _heard DOM the _report _of Shəlomoh and_she _came to_put _to _the _test DOM Shəlomoh by_difficult _matters in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) with_a _retinue numerous very and_camels which _were_carrying spices and_gold to_increase _in _number and_stone _of precious and_she _came to Shəlomoh and_she _spoke with_him/it DOM all _of that it _was with heart _of_her.
2 And_he _told to/for_her/it Shəlomoh DOM all _of words/messages _of_her and_not it _was _concealed anything from_Shəlomoh which not he _told to/for_her/it.
3 And_ the _queen _of _she/it _saw of _Shəⱱāʼ DOM the _wisdom _of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) and_the_house which he _had _built.
4 And_the _food _of his _table _of_of and_the _seating _of his _servants _of_of and_the _standing _of his _servants and_their _of_clothes and_his _of_cup-bearers and_their _of_clothes and_his _upper _of_room which he _went _up the _house _of YHWH and_not it _was still in_her breath.
5 And_she/it _said to the_king is_truth the_message which I _heard in_my _own _of_land on words/messages _of_your and_on wisdom _of_your.
6 And_not I _believed (to)_their _of_words/messages until that I _came and_they _saw eyes _of_my _own and_see/lo/see not it _was _told to_me the _half _of the _greatness _of your _wisdom _of_of you _have _added to the_report which I _heard.
7 How _blessed people _of_are_your and_how _blessed your_servants these who_stand to_your_face continually and_who_hear DOM wisdom _of_your.
8 May _he _be YHWH god _of_your blessed who he _has _delighted in_you to_put_you on throne _of_his to_king to/for_YHWH god _of_your because_loves god _of_your DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) to_establish_it forever and_he_has _appointed _you over_them to_king for_doing justice and_righteousness.
9 And_she/it _gave to/for_the _king one _hundred and_twenty talent[s]_of gold and_spices to_increase _in _number exceedingly and_stone _of precious and_not it _has _been like_spice (the)_that which she _gave the _queen _of Shəⱱāʼ to/for_the _king Shəlomoh/(Solomon).
10 And_also the _servants _of Ḩūrām[fn] and_the _servants _of Shəlomoh who they _brought gold from_ʼŌfīr they _brought wood(s)_of algum(s) and_stone _of precious.
11 And_he/it _made the_king DOM the _wood(s)_of the _algum(s) tracks for_the _house _of YHWH and_for_the _house _of the_king and_harps and_lyres for_singers and_not they _had _been _seen like_them formerly in_land of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah).
12 And_the_king Shəlomoh he _gave to_the _queen _of Shəⱱāʼ DOM all _of desire _of_her which she _asked (from)_besides _of that_which she _had _brought to the_king and_she _turned and_she _went to_her _own _of_land she and_her _of_servants.
13 and_he/it _was the _weight _of the_gold which it _came to_Shəlomoh in_a _year one six hundred(s) and_sixty and_six talents _of gold.
14 Apart from_what_the _men _of the _merchants and_the_traders were_bringing and_all the _kings _of Arabia and_the _governors _of the_earth/land were_bringing gold and_silver to_Shəlomoh.
15 And_he/it _made the_king Shəlomoh two _hundred body _shield[s] gold beaten six hundred(s) gold beaten he _put _up on the _body_shield (the)_one.
16 And_three hundred(s) shields gold beaten three hundred(s) gold he _put _up on the_shield (the)_one and_he_put _them the_king in_house _of the _forest _of (the)_Ləⱱānōn.
17 and_he/it _made the_king a _throne ivory great and_he_overlaid _it gold pure.
18 And_six steps belonged_to_throne and_a _footstool in_gold to_throne were_attached and_hands from_this and_from_this were_on the _place _of the _sitting and_two lions were_standing beside the_hands.
19 And_two _plus ten lions were_standing there on the _six the_steps from_this and_from_this not it _had _been _made thus to/from_all/each/any/every kingdom.
20 And_all/each/any/every the _vessels _of the _drink _of the_king Shəlomoh/(Solomon) were_gold and_all/each/any/every the _utensils _of the _house _of the _forest _of (the)_Ləⱱānōn were_gold pure _gold not silver was_reckoned in_the _days _of Shəlomoh to_anything.
21 If/because ships to/for_the _king were_going Tarshiysh with the _servants _of Ḩūrām one_time to_three years they _came the _ships _of Tarshiysh carrying gold and_silver ivori(es) and_monkeys and_peacocks.
22 and_he _became _great the_king Shəlomoh from_all the _kings _of the_earth/land to_wealth and_wisdom.
23 And_all/each/any/every the _kings _of the_earth/land were_seeking DOM the _face _of Shəlomoh to_hear DOM wisdom _of_his which he _had _put the_ʼElohīm in_his _of_heart.
24 And_they were_bringing each his/its_donation/offering articles _of silver and_articles _of gold and_garments weaponry and_spices horses and_mules the_matter _of a _year in_a _year.
25 and_he/it _was to_Shəlomoh four _of thousand(s) stalls _of horses and_chariots and_two _plus ten thousand horsemen and_he_placed _them in_the _cities _of (the)_chariotry and_with the_king in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).
26 And_he/it _was ruling in_all the_kings from the_river and_unto the _land _of the_Fəlishtiy and_unto the _border _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt).
27 And_he/it _gave the_king DOM (the)_silver in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) like_stone(s) and_DOM (the)_cedars he _made like_sycamores which are_in_Shephelah to_increase _in _number.
28 And_they_were_bringing _out horses from_Miʦrayim for_Shəlomoh/(Solomon) and_from_all _of the_lands.
29 And_the _rest _of the _matters _of Shəlomoh (the)_former and_(the)_latter not are_they written on the _words/messages _of Nathan the_prophet and_on the _prophecy _of ʼAḩiy^yāh the_Shilōnī and_in_the _visions _of ˊIddō[fn] the_seer on Yārāⱱəˊām/(Jeroboam) the _son _of Neⱱaţ.
30 And_ Shəlomoh _he _reigned in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) over all _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) forty year[s].
31 And_ Shəlomoh _he _lay _down with ancestors _of_his and_people_buried _him in_the _city _of Dāvid his/its_father and_ Rəḩaⱱˊām _he _became _king his/its_son in_place _of _him.

9:10 OSHB variant note: חירם: (x-qere) ’חוּרָם֙’: lemma_2361 n_1.1.0 morph_HNp id_14VEv חוּרָם֙

9:29 OSHB variant note: יעדי: (x-qere) ’יֶעְדּ֣וֹ’: lemma_3260 morph_HNp id_14KEV יֶעְדּ֣וֹ

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Prophets of the Old Testament before 800 B.C.

If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.

• Deborah (1216 B.C.) [Judges 4:4] => Baal-tamar?
• Samuel (1070 B.C.) [1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 35:18] => Ramah
• Gad (1018 B.C.) [2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:9; 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25] => Masada?
• Nathan (1000 B.C.) [2 Samuel 12:1; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25] => Jerusalem
• Asaph (1000 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 29:30] => Jerusalem
• Ahijah (935 B.C.) [1 Kings 11:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29] => Jerusalem
• Shemaiah (930 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 12:2-15] => Jerusalem
• Iddo (913 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 9:29; 12:15; 13:22] => Jerusalem
• Jehu son of Hanani (890 B.C.) [1 Kings 16:1-7; 2 Chronicles 19:2] => Samaria?
• Azariah (890 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 15:1-8] => Jerusalem
• Elijah (860 B.C.) [1 Kings 18:36] => Samaria
• Micaiah (853 B.C.) [1 Kings 22:8-23; 2 Chronicles 18:7-22] => Samaria
• Jahaziel (853 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 20:14] => Jerusalem
• Eliezer (853 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 20:37] => Mareshah
• Elisha (850 B.C.) [1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 2:15] => Samaria
• Joel (835 B.C.) [Joel 1:1] => Jerusalem

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