1 Kings 10 Cross References - Thomson

¹ When the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon and the name of the Lord, she came to try him with questions hard to be solved, ² and came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, and with camels carrying spices, and gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon and had propounded to him all that was in her mind, ³ Solomon answered all her questions. There was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not explain to her. ⁴ And when the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built, ⁵ and his provisions, and the order in which his servants sat at table, and in which the attendants stood; and his dress, and his cup bearers, and his whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was struck with surprise, ⁶ and said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own country concerning thy knowledge and thy understanding; ⁷ but I did not believe them who told me till I came and my own eyes have seen. Now behold what they told me was not one half. Thou surpassest in good qualities all the report which I heard of thee in my own country. ⁸ Happy thy wives, and happy these servants of thine who stand continually in thy presence and hear all thy wisdom. ⁹ Blessed be the Lord thy God who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord thy God loveth to establish Israel for ever, therefore he hath made thee king over them, to administer justice according to their righteousness and their demerits. ¹⁰ Then she gave Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There came no more such an abundance of spices as the queen of Saba gave Solomon. ¹¹ The fleet of Chiram also which brought the gold from Suphar brought a great quantity of hewn timber and precious stones. ¹² And of the hewn timber the king made the wainscottings of the house of the Lord and of the king's house, and nablas and kinyras for the musicians. There never had come such hewn timber into the country nor hath any such been any where seen to this day. ¹³ And when king Solomon had given the queen of Saba all that she desired, even all that she asked, over and above all that he gave her out of his royal bounty, she set out on her return and went to her own country, she and all her servants. ¹⁴ Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold, ¹⁵ besides the tribute of them who were subdued, and what he got from merchants, and from all the bordering kings and lords of the country. ¹⁶ And king Solomon made three hundred lances of beaten gold, three hundred shekels of gold to each lance; ¹⁷ and three hundred suits of armour of beaten gold, three mnas of gold to each suit of armour. These king Solomon deposited in the house of the forest of Libanus. ¹⁸ The king made also a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. ¹⁹ There were six steps up to the throne, and behind the throne were busts of beeves, and on each side of the seat, arms; and two lions standing by the arms; ²⁰ and there were twelve lions standing on the steps, six on one side and six on the other. There was not the like in any kingdom. ²¹ Moreover all the vessels for king Solomon's service were made of gold. The lavers were of gold, and all the utensils of the house of the forest of Libanus were gilt with gold. None was of silver; for it was not held in estimation in the days of Solomon. ²² For the king had at sea a Tharsian fleet with the fleets of Chiram. One came every three years to the king from Tharsis, with gold and silver and stones wrought in a lathe or hewn with a chisel. This was an arrangement which king Solomon had made to provide for building the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and the wall of Jerusalem, and the citadel; and to fortify the city of David and Assur and Magdol and Gazer and upper Baithoron and Jethermath and all the chariot cities and all the cities for the cavalry, and for all the works which he purposed to construct in Jerusalem and in all the country, in order to keep in subjection all the remains of the Chettites and the Amorites and the Pherezites and the Chananites and the Evites and the Jebusites and the Gergasites, who were not of the children of Israel; The children of them who had been left with him in the land, whom the Israelites could not wholly extirpate, these Solomon subjected to a tribute which continueth to this day. But from the children of Israel he exacted nothing; because they were his warriors and his servants, his chiefs and his nobles, his charioteers and his horsemen. ²³ So Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in riches and understanding. ²⁴ And all the kings of the land sought an interview with Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord put in his heart. ²⁵ And they brought, every one as gifts, vessels of gold and raiment and stacte and spices and horses and mules and this every year. ²⁶ And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots and twelve thousand cavalry. The mares he kept in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. And he was supreme over all the kings, from the river to the land of the Philistines and to the borders of Egypt. ²⁷ So the king made gold and silver to abound in Jerusalem like stones; and cedars like the sycamore trees in the plain. ²⁸ Now Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Thekoua. The king's merchants got them from Thekoua by barter, ²⁹ but from Egypt a chariot came up for a hundred shekels of silver and a horse for fifty, and at this rate they came by sea, for all the kings of the Chettites, and for the kings of Syria.

⁷ And the children of Chous; Saba and Evila and Sabatha and Regma and Sabathaka. And the sons of Regma; Saba and Dadan.

²⁸ and Eval and Abimael and Saba

³ And Jesan begat Saba and Dedan. And the children of Dedan were Assurieim and Latusieim and Laomeim.

¹² And Sampson said to them, I will propound to you a riddle; if you explain it during the seven days of the entertainment, or find out the meaning of it, I will give you thirty Sindons, and thirty suits of apparel: ¹³ but if you cannot tell me, you shall give me thirty Sindons and thirty changes of apparel. And they said, Propound thy riddle that we may hear it. ¹⁴ Then he said to them, What eatable came from the eater; and, from the fierce, what that is sweet?

³¹ He gave specimens of wisdom beyond all men; far beyond Gaithan the Zarite, and Ainan, and Chelkad and Darala, the sons of Mal.

³⁴ And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth who heard the fame thereof. And Solomon took to wife the daughter of Pharao, and brought her to the city of David until he built the house of the Lord, and his own house, and the wall of Jerusalem: and Pharao king of Egypt, came up and took Gazer, and burned it, and subdued the Chananites who dwelt in Mergab, and gave them as a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife, and Solomon rebuilt Gazer.

¹ When the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem with a great retinue, to try him with hard questions, and brought with her camels carrying spices in abundance, and gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon and propounded to him all the questions which were in her mind, ² Solomon solved all her questions. Not a question escaped Solomon, which he did not solve for her. ³ And when the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built, ⁴ and the provisions of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the order of his attendants and their apparel, and his butlers and their dress, and the whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was astonished, ⁵ and said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own country concerning thine acts and concerning thy wisdom; ⁶ but I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Now behold I was not told one half of the greatness of thy wisdom. Thou hast surpassed the report which I heard. ⁷ Happy are these men of thine! happy these thy servants who wait upon thee continually and hear thy wisdom! ⁸ blessed be the Lord thy God who delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be a king for the Lord thy God. Because the Lord thy God loved Israel, therefore, that he might establish them forever, he made thee king over them to execute judgment and justice. ⁹ Then she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There were no such spices as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon. ¹⁰ The servants of Solomon also, and the servants of Chiram, brought gold to Solomon from Souphir, and algum timber and precious stones. ¹¹ And of the algum timber the king made stairs for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house; and kitharas and nablas for the singers; for such had never been seen before in the land of Juda. ¹² And when king Solomon had given the queen of Saba all her desire; whatever she asked, exclusive of the return which he made for all that she had brought to the king, she returned to her own country.

¹⁹ Take a view of the ways of the Thaimanites, ye who mark out the Sabean tracks!

²⁸ he said to man, "Behold the worshipping of God is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding."

⁴ I will incline mine ear to a parable: with a psaltery I will unfold my problem.

¹⁰ Let the kings of Tharsis and the isles bring gifts; the kings of the Arabs and Saba offer presents.

¹⁵ and he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Arabia; and prayer shall be made for him continually: and he will be blessed all the day long.

⁵ for by attending to them a wise man will become wiser; and a man of understanding will possess a ride of government ⁶ and will understand a proverb and dark speech and the sayings of the wise and parables.

³ For if thou wilt call upon wisdom: and utter thy voice for understanding; ⁴ if thou wilt seek for it as silver; and search for it as for treasures; ⁵ then thou shalt understand the fear of the Lord; and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom; and from his presence is knowledge and understanding:

⁶ And for thee will come herds of camels and those of Madiam and Gaipha will cover thee, and those of Saba will come bringing gold and will also bring frankincense, and with joy proclaim the salvation of the Lord.

²⁰ Why do you bring me incense from Saba, and cinnamon from a far distant country? Your whole burnt offerings are not acceptable; nor were your incense offerings sweet to me.

²² The merchants of Saba and Ramma traded with thee with the choicest spiceries and precious stones; they gave gold also for thy merchandise. ²³ Charra and Chana also were thy customers and so were Assur and Charman:

¹³ Saba and Daidan and the merchants of Carthage, and all their colonies, will say to thee, Thou art coming for prey, just to collect plunder and spoil: thou hast assembled thy troops to take silver and gold, to carry off cattle, to gather the spoil.

⁴² The queen of the south will be raised up at the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the extremities of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold something greater than Solomon is here,

¹¹ And he in reply said to them, To you it hath been granted to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens; but to them it hath not been granted.

³⁵ so that there was a full accomplishment of that which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth with parables, I will utter things kept hid from the foundation of the world.

³⁴ but without a parable he did not speak to them. And in private he explained all to his disciples.

³¹ The queen of the south will be raised up at the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the extreme parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold something greater than Solomon is here.

³ Now this is the life everlasting that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

²⁰ Where is the wise? Where the scribe? Where the disputer of this age? Hath not God shewn the wisdom of this world to be folly? ²¹ For when, amidst the wisdom of God, the world did not, by means of that wisdom, know God; it pleased God by the foolishness of this proclamation to save them who believe;

³³ Then the Lord having done speaking to Abraham departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

⁶ and oil for giving light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the compound incense,

¹⁰ Then she gave Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones. There came no more such an abundance of spices as the queen of Saba gave Solomon.

⁵ Upon this the king of Syria said to Naiman, Come, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. So he set out and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand pieces of gold and ten suits of apparel

⁹ So Naiman went with his horses and chariot and stopped at the doors of Elisha's house.

¹³ At this Ezekias was rejoiced, and shewed the messengers all the house of Nechotha; the silver and the gold, the spices and the precious oil, and the house of the vessels, and all that was in his treasuries. There was not a thing in his house, or within his power which he did not shew them.

² Should frequent replies be made to thee in distress? But o who can bear the vehemence of thy words?

⁴ Are you provoked to wrath? Do not therefore commit sin. What you say in your hearts be sorry for, on your beds.

⁶ And for thee will come herds of camels and those of Madiam and Gaipha will cover thee, and those of Saba will come bringing gold and will also bring frankincense, and with joy proclaim the salvation of the Lord. ⁷ And all the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together; and the rams of Nabaioth will come; and acceptable offerings will be made on mine altar, and my house of prayer will be glorified. ⁸ [c] Who are those? They are flying like clouds, and like doves with their young towards me! ⁹ [J] For me the islands waited, and among the first the ships of Tarsis to bring thy children from afar and their silver and their gold with them. And because of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorious;

¹⁵ And while they were conversing and reasoning together, Jesus himself drew near and travelled along with them.

²³ On the morrow therefore, when Agrippa and Bernice were come with a numerous splendid retinue and had entered the hall of audience, with the commanders of cohorts and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought.

¹⁷ Then the woman said, Let the word of my lord the king be, I pray, for a sacrifice; for since my lord the king is as an angel of God to discern what is good and what is bad, surely the Lord thy God must be with thee.

²⁰ that this case might wear the appearance of the thing which thy servant Joab wished to have done. But my lord is wise as an angel of God, to know all the things on the earth.

¹² behold I have granted thy request; behold I have given thee a wise and understanding heart, so that before thee there hath not been one like thee, nor after thee shall there arise one like thee.

¹ When the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon and the name of the Lord, she came to try him with questions hard to be solved,

² Solomon solved all her questions. Not a question escaped Solomon, which he did not solve for her.

²⁰ By walking with the wise thou wilt be wise; but he who walketh with fools will be known.

¹⁶ and lead the blind in a way which they know not, and cause them to walk in paths which they have not known. For them I will make the darkness light, and the crooked ways a straight road. These things 1 will do, and I will not forsake them:

²⁰ "Blessed be the name of God from everlasting to everlasting; for wisdom and knowledge are his; ²¹ and he changeth times and seasons. He setteth up kings and removeth them. He giveth wisdom to the wise and understanding to them who have knowledge. ²² He it is who revealeth deep and hidden things. He knoweth the things which are in darkness. And with him is the light. ²³ To thee, God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise; because thou hast given me wisdom and power and hast made known to me what we asked thee and hast revealed to me the vision of the king.

¹⁷ If any man is disposed to do his will, he will know in respect to this doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.

³⁰ And it is owing to him that you are in Christ Jesus, who hath been made to us wisdom from God, namely, righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption,

³ in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

¹² For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrateth even to the separation of animal life and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is capable of discerning the desires and thoughts of the heart. ¹³ There is indeed no creature concealed from his sight. All things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

²⁸ And when all Israel heard the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king, for they saw that there was in him the wisdom of God to execute judgment.

²⁹ And the Lord gave Solomon understanding and very comprehensive knowledge; and the effusions of his heart were like the sand on the sea shore; ³⁰ so that Solomon far excelled the wisdom of all the ancients and all the wise men of Egypt. ³¹ He gave specimens of wisdom beyond all men; far beyond Gaithan the Zarite, and Ainan, and Chelkad and Darala, the sons of Mal.

¹ Now in the four hundred and fortieth year of the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of king Solomon's reign over Israel, the king having given orders for bringing great costly stones for the foundation of the house, even hewn stones; and the men or Solomon and those of Chiram having hewn them, they began laying them. In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month of Ziu, which is the second month, and in the eleventh year, in the month Baal, which is the eighth month, the house with all its appendages was completely finished. ² Now the house which the king built for the Lord, was forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty five cubits in height. ³ And the Ailam in front of the temple was twenty cubits in length commensurate with the breadth of the house. And when he had built the house, and finished it ⁴ he made windows for the house, wide within and narrow without ⁵ and placed against the wall of the house, galleries all around the temple and the dabir. ⁶ The lower gallery was five cubits broad, and the middle six, and the third seven cubits broad; for he made ledges to the house, all around on the outside of the house that the beams might not be fastened into the walls of the house. ⁷ Now the house when building was built with white hewn stones, so that not a mallet nor a hammer nor any instrument of iron was heard in the house while it was building.

³ And when the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built, ⁴ and the provisions of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the order of his attendants and their apparel, and his butlers and their dress, and the whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was astonished,

⁹ And moreover, because the preacher was wise, because he taught mankind wisdom; that the ear might find what is comely from parables,

¹ Now when the kings of the Amorites, who were on the border of the Jordan, and the kings of Phoenicia, who were on the sea coast, heard that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan before the Israelites, when they crossed, their hearts were melted, and they were struck with consternation, and there was no spirit in them because of the Israelites.

²² Now these were the stated portions for Solomon every day, thirty cores of fine flour and sixty cores of barley meal; ²³ ten choice young beeves, and twenty beeves from the pasture, and one hundred sheep besides hinds and fallow deer, and fatted fowls;

¹⁸ He built also the foundation of the seat in the house of the Lord, and altered the way of the king's coming into the house of the Lord on account of the king of the Assyrians.

¹⁸ at the king's gate, namely the eastern gate, of the camp of the Levites;

¹⁶ to Osa that to the west, behind the gate of the chamber of ascent, guard being over against guard.

⁴ and the provisions of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the order of his attendants and their apparel, and his butlers and their dress, and the whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was astonished,

¹³ and looked, and lo! the king was on his platform, and at the entrance were the chiefs, with the trumpets. And the chiefs around the king, and all the people of the land, were full of joy; and the trumpets were sounding, accompanied by musicians with their instruments of musick, and the singers singing songs of praise. Upon which she rent her robe and cried with a loud voice, Treason! Treason!

³ Consequently, when the ruler himself shall sit there to eat bread before the Lord, he shall come in by the way of the ailam of this gate and by that way he shall go out.

² And the ruler shall go in by the way of the ailam of the gate on the inside and shall stand in the porch of the gate. And the priests shall prepare his whole burnt offerings and his offerings of thanksgiving; and he shall make his adoration in the porch of the gate and go out. But the gate shall not be shut till evening.

⁵ and said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own country concerning thine acts and concerning thy wisdom; ⁶ but I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Now behold I was not told one half of the greatness of thy wisdom. Thou hast surpassed the report which I heard.

⁴ Never have we heard, nor have our eyes seen a God besides thee; nor works such as thine, which thou wilt do for them who wait for mercy.

¹⁷ Because if there be any thing good it is his, if any thing comely it is his; with regard to corn for the youths, and flavourous wine for virgins,

¹¹ but when they heard that he is alive, and was seen by her, they did not believe.

²⁵ The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails; and put my finger into the print of the nails; and put this hand of mine into his side, I will not believe. ²⁶ And after eight days, his disciples were again within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said, Peace be to you. ²⁷ Then he saith to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger and behold my hands! and reach thy hand and put it in to my side; and be not an unbeliever, but a believer. ²⁸ And Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God. ²⁹ Jesus saith to him, Thomas, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed? Happy they who have not seen me and yet believe.

⁹ things indeed, which as it is written, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived; " which God hath prepared for them who love him;

² Beloved, we are now children of God. Though it hath not yet been manifested what we shall be, yet we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him: that we shall see him as he is.

⁷ Happy are these men of thine! happy these thy servants who wait upon thee continually and hear thy wisdom! ⁸ blessed be the Lord thy God who delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be a king for the Lord thy God. Because the Lord thy God loved Israel, therefore, that he might establish them forever, he made thee king over them to execute judgment and justice.

¹³ Happy the man, who hath found wisdom: and the mortal who hath seen prudence: ¹⁴ for it is better to traffick for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.

³⁴ happy is the man who will hearken to me: and the man who will keep my ways; watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

²¹ The lips of the righteous are skilled in things lofty; but those devoid of understanding die of want.

³⁹ Now she had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the feet of Jesus and heard his discourse. ⁴⁰ But Martha was cumbered about dispensing amply for the entertainment. So coming in, she said, Master, Carest thou not that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may assist me. ⁴¹ In reply to which, Jesus saith to her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubling thyself about many things. ⁴² But there is one thing necessary. As for Mary, she hath chosen that good portion which shall not be taken from her.

²⁸ Whereupon he said, Nay, rather happy they who hear the word of God and keep it.

⁸ but because the Lord loved you, therefore in performance of the oath which he swore to your fathers, the Lord led you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed thee from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt.

¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel. And David executed judgment and justice over all his people.

³ The God of Israel saith to me, A watchman of Israel hath spoken a proverb. I said as a man, [d] How can you strengthen the fear of an anointed?

⁷ And when Chiram heard the words of Solomon he was exceedingly glad, and said, Blessed be God this day who hath given David a prudent son over this great people.

²² As thou hast made thy people Israel a people for thyself forever, and thou the Lord art become their God;

¹¹ To this Chiram king of Tyre replied in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.

¹⁹ and brought me out to a large place. He will deliver me because he delighted in me.

⁸ "He trusted in the Lord, let him deliver him; let him save him, since he delighteth in him."

² That he may judge thy people with righteousness; and thy distressed ones with judgment.

¹⁷ Let his name be blessed for ever! His name shall endure longer than the sun: and by him all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed. All the nations shall hail him happy. ¹⁸ Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel; who alone doth wonderful things. ¹⁹ And blessed be his glorious name for ever and ever: and let all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen. Amen.

¹⁵ By me kings reign and princes decree justice. ¹⁶ By me potentates are exalted; and by me sovereigns rule the earth.

⁷ His government shall be great and to his peace there is no boundary, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to reestablish it, and support it with judgment and justice, henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

⁴ but he will administer justice to the lowly, and work conviction in the meek of the earth. And he will smite the earth with the word of his mouth, and with a breath from his lips destroy the wicked. ⁵ His loins will be girded with saving goodness, and his reins clothed with truth.

¹ For behold a righteous king shall reign and chiefs shall rule with justice. ² And this man will be one who hideth his words, and he will be hid as from a rolling flood. And he will be seen on Sion like a glorious stream in a thirsty land.

¹ [J] JACOB is my servant, I will uphold him, Israel is my chosen one, my soul hath embraced him; I have put my spirit upon him; he will publish judgment to the nations. [[J] Jehovah, [p] the prophet]

⁴ And thou shalt no more be called, Forsaken; nor shall thy land any more be called, The desert; but thy name shall be called My delight; and that of thy country, The inhabited land. Because the Lord is well pleased with thee therefore thy land shall be thickly inhabited:

⁵ Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous shoot, who shall reign king and understand and execute judgment and justice on the earth. ⁶ In his days Juda shall be saved and Israel shall dwell securely. And the name which the Lord will give him by the prophets shall be Josedek [Lord of righteousness.]

³ For the rulers are not a terror to good works but to evil. Dost thou then wish not to dread the power? Do that which is good and thou shall have praise from it. ⁴ For it is a minister of God for good to thee. But if thou dost evil, be in dread; for it wieldeth not the sword in vain. For it is a minister of God, an avenger to execute wrath on him who doth evil.

¹¹ Then Israel their father said to them, If it must be so, do this, Take of all the fruits of this land in your vessels and carry down for the man presents of balm and honey and incense both stacte and terebinthus and almonds.

³⁴ Moreover the Lord said to Moses, Take thee spices; stacte, onycha and sweet scented chalbanum and pellucid frankincense, of each an equal quantity.

¹⁴ Nevertheless Chiram brought Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold.

² and came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, and with camels carrying spices, and gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon and had propounded to him all that was in her mind,

¹³ Happy the man, who hath found wisdom: and the mortal who hath seen prudence: ¹⁴ for it is better to traffick for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. ¹⁵ She is more precious than costly stones: and nothing evil can be compared to her. She is easily known by all who approach her; but no price is equal to her in value.

¹⁵ [Omitted]

¹¹ and having entered the house they found the child with Mary his mother. Whereupon, prostrating themselves, they did him homage. Then opening their treasures they presented him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

¹¹ having the glory of God. And its lustre was like a most precious stone, like a jasper shining as chrystal;

²⁷ in this fleet Chiram sent some of his servants who were seamen and skilled in the navigation of that sea, along with the servants of Solomon, ²⁸ and they went to Sophira and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold and brought it to king Solomon.

⁸ Send me also cedar and cypress and pine timber, from Libanus. As I know how expert thy servants are in cutting timber from Libanus, let thy servants therefore go with my servants,

¹⁸ and Chiram sent him by the hand of his servants, ships and seamen, and they went with Solomon's servants to Sopphira, and brought thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and came to Solomon.

¹⁰ The servants of Solomon also, and the servants of Chiram, brought gold to Solomon from Souphir, and algum timber and precious stones. ¹¹ And of the algum timber the king made stairs for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house; and kitharas and nablas for the singers; for such had never been seen before in the land of Juda.

⁹ In honour of thee the queen stood on thy right hand, arrayed in robes of gold and embroidery.

⁵ and four thousand were guards of the gates, and four thousand were to praise the Lord with musical instruments, which he had made for praising the Lord.

¹ Then David the king with the chiefs of this host, appointed to their services the sons of Asaph and Aiman and Idithun, who chanted with kinyras and with nablas and with cymbals, and an account was taken by poll of those employed in these services. ² The sons of Asaph were Zakchur and Joseph, and Nathanias and Erael. The sons of Asaph were near the king. ³ With Idithun were the sons of Idithun, Godolias and Suri, and Iseas and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithim, chanting on kinyras thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. ⁴ When Aiman were the sons of Aiman, Bukias and Matthanias, and Oziel and Subael, and Jerimoth and Ananias, and Anan and Eliatha, and Godollathi and Rometthiezer, and Jesbasaka and Melithi, and Otheri and Meazoth. ⁵ All these sons Aiman had with him when he commenced a psalm for the king in the words of God. To exalt the horn God indeed had given Aiman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these with their father, sung in the house of God to cymbals and nablas and kinyras, for the service of the house of God near the king, with Asaph and Idithun and Aiman. ⁷ And the number of them, including younger brethren, who were instructed to sing to the Lord, even all who were skilled, was two hundred and eighty eight. ⁸ And they cast lots for their daily courses, as well the younger as the senior, both teachers and scholars. ⁹ And the lot which came out the first of his sons and his brethren for Asaph was that of Joseph, namely Godolias; the second Henia, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁰ the third Zakchur his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹¹ the fourth Jesri, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹² the fifth, Nathan, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹³ the sixth Bukias, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁴ the seventh Iseriel, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁵ the eighth Josia, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁶ the ninth Matthanias, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁷ the tenth Semeia, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁸ the eleventh Asriel, his sons and brethren, twelve; ¹⁹ the twelfth Asabia, his sons and brethren, twelve; the ²⁰ thirteenth Subael, his sons and brethren twelve; ²¹ the fourteenth Matthathias his sons and brethren, twelve; ²² the fifteenth Jerimoth. his sons and brethren, twelve; ²³ the sixteenth Anania, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁴ the seventeenth Jesbasaka, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁵ the eighteenth Ananias, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁶ the nineteenth Mellithi, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁷ the twentieth Eliatha, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁸ the twenty first Otheri, his sons and brethren, twelve; ²⁹ the twenty second Godollathi, his sons and brethren, twelve; ³⁰ the twenty third Meazoth, his sons and brethren, twelve; ³¹ the twenty fourth Rometthiezer, his sons and brethren, twelve.

¹ A Psalm of an Ode for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks to the Lord; and with instrumental musick sing to thy name, Most High; ² to proclaim thy loving kindness every morning; and thy faithfulness every night: ³ with a ten stringed psaltery; with an ode on the kithara.

³ praise him with the sounding trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and kithara: ⁴ praise him with the tympanum and chorus: praise him with stringed instruments and organs; ⁵ praise him with soft sounding cymbals: praise him with the cymbals of triumph:

² And I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of musicians playing on their kitharas ³ and singing as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four animate beings, and the elders; and no one could learn the song, but the hundred and forty four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

¹ And when king Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and every design which it was his pleasure to execute,

⁴ May he grant thee thy hearts desire: And fulfil all thy counsel.

⁴ Indulge thyself with delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

²⁸ Thereupon Jesus in reply said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; Be it to thee as thou desirest. And from that instant her daughter was healed.

¹³ and whatever you ask in my name, that I will do. That the Father may be glorified in the Son, ¹⁴ if you ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do infinitely above all that we can ask or conceive, according to that power which is operative in us

²⁸ and they went to Sophira and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold and brought it to king Solomon.

¹³ Now the quantity of gold which was brought to Solomon in one year, was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold, ¹⁴ besides what was brought by subjects and merchants, by all the kings of Arabia and the lords of the country, who all brought gold and silver to king Solomon. ¹⁵ And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of pure gold were on each buckler; ¹⁶ and three hundred shields of beaten gold; each shield being plated with three hundred shekels of gold. And the king deposited these in the house of the forest of Libanus. ¹⁷ The king made also a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. ¹⁸ There were six steps up to the throne, which was overlaid with gold; and arms on each side of the seat of the throne; and two lions standing at the two arms, ¹⁹ and twelve lions standing on the six steps, on the one side and the other. There was not the like in any kingdom. ²⁰ Moreover all the utensils of king Solomon were of gold. And all the utensils of the house of the forest of Libanus were plated with gold. Silver was not of estimation in the days of Solomon for any purpose. ²¹ For a fleet went for the king to Tharsis with the servants of Chiram. And once every three years, ships came from Tharsis for the king, laden with gold and silver and elephants teeth and apes. ²² So that Solomon was magnified above all the kings both in riches and wisdom. ²³ And all the kings of the land sought an interview with Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. ²⁴ And they brought, every one his gifts, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, with raiment, stacte, perfumes, horses and mules; and this every year. ²⁵ And Solomon had four thousand breeding mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and these he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. ²⁶ And he was ruler over all the kings, from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt. ²⁷ And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem, plenteous as stones, and cedars as the sycamine trees in the plain for multitude. ²⁸ And Solomon had horses brought for him out of Egypt and from every land.

²⁴ The gates were according to the four winds, east, west, north, and south.

¹³ Now the quantity of gold which was brought to Solomon in one year, was six hundred and sixty six talents of gold, ¹⁴ besides what was brought by subjects and merchants, by all the kings of Arabia and the lords of the country, who all brought gold and silver to king Solomon.

¹³ Thou mayst go to rest in the western forest, or in the way to Dedan.

²⁵ [for Hagar meaneth mount Sina in Arabia] and answereth to the present Jerusalem, who with her children is in a state of bondage:

²⁶ and took all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and the golden lances which David had taken out of the hand of the servants of Adraazar king of Suba, and brought to Jerusalem. All these he took,, together with the golden armour which Solomon had made, and carried them away to Egypt. ²⁷ And in their stead king Roboam made brasen armour which were committed to the charge of the officers of the guards who kept the door of the king's house. ²⁸ And because, when the king went to the house of the Lord, the guard carried them, therefore they were fixed up against the wall of the guard room.

¹⁵ And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of pure gold were on each buckler; ¹⁶ and three hundred shields of beaten gold; each shield being plated with three hundred shekels of gold. And the king deposited these in the house of the forest of Libanus.

⁹ So Sousakim the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took the treasures in the house of the Lord and the treasures in the king's house. All these he took. He took also the golden shields which Solomon made; ¹⁰ and king Roboam made shields of brass in their stead. Now Sousakim had set over him the chiefs of the guards, those who guarded the king's gate.

² He built it with timber from the forest of Libanus. The length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits. It had three rows of cedar pillars, and the shoulders of the pillars were of cedar,

²⁶ and took all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and the golden lances which David had taken out of the hand of the servants of Adraazar king of Suba, and brought to Jerusalem. All these he took,, together with the golden armour which Solomon had made, and carried them away to Egypt.

²² For the king had at sea a Tharsian fleet with the fleets of Chiram. One came every three years to the king from Tharsis, with gold and silver and stones wrought in a lathe or hewn with a chisel. This was an arrangement which king Solomon had made to provide for building the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and the wall of Jerusalem, and the citadel; and to fortify the city of David and Assur and Magdol and Gazer and upper Baithoron and Jethermath and all the chariot cities and all the cities for the cavalry, and for all the works which he purposed to construct in Jerusalem and in all the country, in order to keep in subjection all the remains of the Chettites and the Amorites and the Pherezites and the Chananites and the Evites and the Jebusites and the Gergasites, who were not of the children of Israel; The children of them who had been left with him in the land, whom the Israelites could not wholly extirpate, these Solomon subjected to a tribute which continueth to this day. But from the children of Israel he exacted nothing; because they were his warriors and his servants, his chiefs and his nobles, his charioteers and his horsemen.

³⁹ Now the rest of the acts of Achab and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he founded, behold are they not written in the book of the journal of the kings of Israel?

¹⁷ The king made also a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. ¹⁸ There were six steps up to the throne, which was overlaid with gold; and arms on each side of the seat of the throne; and two lions standing at the two arms, ¹⁹ and twelve lions standing on the six steps, on the one side and the other. There was not the like in any kingdom.

⁶ Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude.

⁸ There is myrrh and stacte and casia for thy garments; for the ivory state rooms from which kings' daughters gladdened thee.

¹ A Psalm. By David. The Lord said to my Lord; sit at my right hand; till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

⁵ because there the thrones for judgment are set: thrones for the house of David.

⁶ from the groves of Bashan they made thy oars. Thy temples they built of ivory and thy roomy houses from the isles of the Chetians:

⁴ Some of you are sleeping on beds of ivory and lolling at ease on their couches, and eating kids from the flocks, and from the herds calves fed with milk:

³ who being an effulgence of the glory, and an impress of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, having by himself made a purification of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high,

⁸ but with respect to the son, "Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: The sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude:

¹² the merchandize of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls; and of cotton and purple and silk and scarlet; and every sort of odoriferous wood and the various wares of ivory and of most precious wood and of brass and iron and marble,

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne and him who sat thereon from whose presence the earth and the heaven fled away and there was no place found for them.

⁹ Judas is a lion's whelp. From a vigorous stem, my son, thou art sprung. Couching down thou art gone to sleep like a young lion: Who dare rouse him!

²⁴ Behold the people will rouse like a young lion; And, like an old lion, exult with pride. They will not go to rest till they devour prey; Until they have drunk the blood of the slain.

⁹ Couching down, he is gone to rest, like a lion; Yes like a young lion; who dare rouse him? Blessed are they who bless thee, And they who curse thee are already cursed.

⁵ one of the elders saith to me, "weep not; behold! the lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the volume and to loose the seven seals thereof."

¹⁷ and three hundred suits of armour of beaten gold, three mnas of gold to each suit of armour. These king Solomon deposited in the house of the forest of Libanus.

²⁰ Moreover all the utensils of king Solomon were of gold. And all the utensils of the house of the forest of Libanus were plated with gold. Silver was not of estimation in the days of Solomon for any purpose. ²¹ For a fleet went for the king to Tharsis with the servants of Chiram. And once every three years, ships came from Tharsis for the king, laden with gold and silver and elephants teeth and apes. ²² So that Solomon was magnified above all the kings both in riches and wisdom.

⁴ And the children of Jovan, Elisa, and the Tharsians, Ketians, Rhodians.

²⁶ For on board the fleet which king Solomon built at Esion-gaber, and which was then at Ailath, on the border of the farther sea in the land of Edom;

¹⁸ The king made also a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

⁴⁸ [Omitted]

²¹ For a fleet went for the king to Tharsis with the servants of Chiram. And once every three years, ships came from Tharsis for the king, laden with gold and silver and elephants teeth and apes.

³⁶ and in going to him to build vessels to sail to Tharsis. Therefore when he had built vessels at Gesiongaber, ³⁷ Eliezer the son of Dodia, from Marisa, prophesied against Josaphat, saying, Because thou hast contracted a friendship with Ochozias, the Lord hath destroyed thy work, and thy vessels are wrecked so that they could not go to Tharsis.

¹³ Why is the wing of the ostrich that of the sportive? For though it comprehendeth that of the stork and falcon,

⁷ With a tempestuous blast thou wilt dash to pieces the ships of Tarsish.

¹⁶ and against every ship of the sea; and against every ensign of beauteous ships:

¹ The Oracle concerning Tyre. Raise the mournful cry, ships of Carthage, for Tyre is destroyed and there are no arrivals from the land of the Kitians. She is carried away captive.

⁶ Away to Carthage! Raise the mournful cry, ye who inhabit that isle!

¹⁰ work thy land: for ships no more arrive from Carthage,

⁹ [J] For me the islands waited, and among the first the ships of Tarsis to bring thy children from afar and their silver and their gold with them. And because of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorious;

¹⁹ And I will leave among them a sign, and those of them who escape I will send to the nations; to Tharsis and Phud and Lud and Mosach and to Thobel and Greece and to the far distant isles. They who have not heard my name nor seen my glory; even they shall proclaim my glory among the nations;

¹² The Karchadians purchased of thee for exportation, from thy vast stock of all kinds of merchandize; and paid thee for their purchases silver and gold and iron and tin and lead.

¹⁵ I will confound and smite the turretted house over the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish; and many other houses shall perish with them, saith the Lord.

³ Jonas arose to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa, and finding a ship bound to Tharsis, he paid his fare and went on board with a design to sail with them to Tharsis, from the presence of the Lord.

¹² behold I have granted thy request; behold I have given thee a wise and understanding heart, so that before thee there hath not been one like thee, nor after thee shall there arise one like thee. ¹³ Moreover I have given thee what thou didst not ask, riches and glory; so that there hath not been among kings a man like thee.

²⁹ And the Lord gave Solomon understanding and very comprehensive knowledge; and the effusions of his heart were like the sand on the sea shore; ³⁰ so that Solomon far excelled the wisdom of all the ancients and all the wise men of Egypt. ³¹ He gave specimens of wisdom beyond all men; far beyond Gaithan the Zarite, and Ainan, and Chelkad and Darala, the sons of Mal. ³² He uttered three thousand parables, and his odes were five thousand. ³³ He spoke of trees from the cedar which is on Lebanon, to the hyssop which springeth out of the wall. He spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of reptiles, and of fishes. ³⁴ And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth who heard the fame thereof. And Solomon took to wife the daughter of Pharao, and brought her to the city of David until he built the house of the Lord, and his own house, and the wall of Jerusalem: and Pharao king of Egypt, came up and took Gazer, and burned it, and subdued the Chananites who dwelt in Mergab, and gave them as a portion to his daughter, Solomon's wife, and Solomon rebuilt Gazer.

²² So that Solomon was magnified above all the kings both in riches and wisdom. ²³ And all the kings of the land sought an interview with Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

²⁷ and I will set him as a first born; high above all the kings of the earth.

⁸ To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this favour was granted to proclaim among the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ,

¹⁸ and he is the head of the body, namely of the congregation. He who is the beginning is a first born from the dead that in all things he might be pre-eminent. ¹⁹ Because all the plenitude was pleased to dwell in him, and by him to reconcile all to himself,

² that, they being knit together in love, their hearts may be comforted, even to all the riches of the full assurance of this knowledge"to the acknowledgement of the mystery of the God and Father and the Christ, ³ in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

⁹ give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people righteously, and to discern between good and evil; for who can judge this thy people,

⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom; and from his presence is knowledge and understanding:

¹⁷ And as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and understanding in all literature and science; and Daniel was skilled in all visions and dreams.

²¹ and he changeth times and seasons. He setteth up kings and removeth them. He giveth wisdom to the wise and understanding to them who have knowledge.

²³ To thee, God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise; because thou hast given me wisdom and power and hast made known to me what we asked thee and hast revealed to me the vision of the king.

¹¹ There is in thy kingdom a man, in whom is a spirit of a god, and in the clays of thy father, light and knowledge were found in him, and the king Nabuchodonosar thy father appointed him chief of the soothsayers, Chaldees, gazarenes,

⁵ And if any of you wanteth wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.

²⁴ And these were the sons of Sebegon, Aie and Ana. This is that Ana who found the Jameins in the wilderness, when he was feeding his father Sebegon's asses.

¹⁵ But when the Israelites cried to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer, namely Aod son of Gera, the Jeminite, a man who could use both hands alike. When the children of Israel sent presents by him to Eglon king of Moab,

²⁷ But turbulent men said, How can this man save us? And they despised him, and did not bring him gifts.

² David also smote Moab, and measured them with lines, having caused them to dwell in the country, and there were two lines to be put to death, and two lines to be saved alive. So Moab became servants to David, and brought him gifts.

¹⁰ Thoou sent his son Jedduram to king David to salute him courteously, and congratulate him for having fought Adraazar, and smitten him; for he was at enmity with Adraazar. And Jedduram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass.

³³ he said to them, Take the servants of your lord the king with you, and mount my son Solomon on my mule, and conduct him down to Gion,

⁵ And Achab said to Abdiou, Come and let us go through the land to the fountains of water and to the brooks, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that they may not be utterly destroyed from our habitations.

⁴ and the king of the Assyrians had found infidelity in Osea; for lie had sent messengers to Segor king of Egypt, and had not carried to the king of the Assyrians the customary homage gift that year. Therefore the king of the Assyrians besieged him and bound him in prison.

²⁴ And they brought, every one his gifts, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, with raiment, stacte, perfumes, horses and mules; and this every year.

⁸ So that the Minaians gave gifts to Ozias; for his fame reached even to the entrance of Egypt; for he was very powerful.

⁶⁶ Their horses were seven hundred and thirty six; their mules two hundred and forty five;

¹⁰ then it was written by the king's command and sealed with his ring, [and these letters were sent by posts]

¹⁴ So the horsemen set out in all haste to execute the king's orders. And when the decree was published at Susoi,

¹¹ When all his brethren and his sisters heard what had befallen him, they came to him, together with all those who were formerly acquainted with him, and having eaten and drank at his house, they comforted him, and expressed their amazement at all that the Lord had brought upon him. And every one presented him a lamb, and a quarter of a drachm of gold bullion.

¹⁶ Hearken not to Ezekias. Thus saith the king of the Assyrians, If you wish to be happy, come out to me; and eat, every one, of his own vine and his own fig trees, and drink water from your own cisterns,

²⁰ and they shall bring your brethren from all the nations, as a gift for the Lord with horses and chariots, in litters borne by mules with umbrellas over them, to the holy city Jerusalem, said the Lord; as the children of Israel brought up their sacrifices for me with songs of praise to the house of the Lord.

¹⁴ From the house of Thogarma thy market was supplied with horses and horsemen.

¹⁶ Because he is not to multiply cavalry for himself, he must not even cause his people to go back to Egypt; in order that he may not multiply his cavalry: the Lord indeed hath said, You shall not henceforth return that way any more.

²⁶ [Omitted]

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¹⁴ And Solomon collected chariots, and horsemen, and he had fourteen hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. Those he left in the chariot cities; but the people were with the king in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ And the king made silver and gold as plenteous at Jerusalem as stones; and cedars in Judea, like the sykamine trees in the plain for abundance. ¹⁶ Now Solomon's horses came up out of Egypt: and this was the price allowed to the king's merchants for going. ¹⁷ They purchased, and came up, and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. And at that rate they were brought for all the kings of the Chettites, and by their means for the kings of Syria.

²⁵ And Solomon had four thousand breeding mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and these he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

⁷ for their country was filled with silver and gold, and there was no counting their treasures; and their land was filled with horses, and there was no end to their chariots;

¹⁷ Neither shall he multiply wives to himself; that his heart may not turn aside; nor shall he greatly multiply for himself silver and gold.

²⁷ And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem, plenteous as stones, and cedars as the sycamine trees in the plain for multitude.

²⁴ thou shalt be placed on a mount, founded on a rock, and be like the rock of the torrent Sophir. ²⁵ Then will the Almighty be thy defence from enemies; and he will make thee pure as silver tried by fire.

⁴² And Pharao took off the ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him with a cotton robe, and put a chain of gold about his neck;

²⁸ And Solomon had horses brought for him out of Egypt and from every land.

¹⁶ I have found thee. With cords I have stretched my bed, and decked it with tapestry from Egypt.

⁹ and shame shall seize them who work the split flax, and them who work up the cotton.

¹ ALAS! They went down to Egypt for help! They trusted in horses and chariots; for they have many and their cavalry is very numerous; and did not rely on the Holy One of Israel, nor did they ask counsel of the Lord. ² Therefore he in his wisdom brought evils on them: and that his word may not be slighted, he will rise up against the houses of wicked men and against this hope of theirs which is vain ³ against an Egyptian; a man, not a god; against the flesh of horses in which there is no help. When the Lord shall lay his hand upon them, then shall these helpers fail and be all destroyed together.

⁹ How then can you revolt and affect to be petty princes. Those are reduced to slavery who have trusted in the Egyptians for charioteers and cavalry.

⁷ cotton with embroidery from Egypt was the covering of thy bed. To add to thy glory, and that thou mightest clothe thyself with blue and purple, thy clothing came from the isles of Elisa.

⁴ The wilderness, and yonder Antilibanus, to the river, the great river Euphrates, and to the farthest sea, at the setting of the sun, shall be your boundaries.

⁶ For the Lord had caused the sound of chariots and the sound of horses, and the sound of a great army to be heard in the Syrian camp: whereupon they said one to another, Now hath the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Chettites and the kings of Egypt to come upon us. ⁷ Therefore they arose and fled while it was dark. They left their tents and their horses and their asses in the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.

¹⁰ Shall I speak to prophets? Though I have multiplied visions, and by the ministry of prophets made comparisons,

¹ The charge of the word of the Lord to Israel by the ministry of his messenger. Lay it up in your hearts I beseech you.