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. 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. And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, 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 into the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her. 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. 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. Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 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. 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.-1 Kings 10:1-10
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. 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.-1 Kings 10:11-12
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.-1 Kings 10:13***Before the Lord God rained brimstone and fire upon Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, the Lord God spoke of and to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), the man he knew would command his children and household after him to do justice and judgment, commanding them to do what is right and just. Solomon was descended from Abraham and his wife Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, their youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah, their 4th born son Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar, their twin son Pharez (Perez), Pharez's son Hezron, Hezron's descendant Boaz and his wife Ruth, their son Obed, Obed's son Jesse, and Jesse's 8th born son David. David was the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. When David was 70 years old and dying, Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba, became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. Gibeon was in the portion of the Promised Land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin, the descendants of Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel, and Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin. When Solomon was in Gibeon, wherein were located the tabernacle and the altar of burnt offering, he sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings to the Lord God. The same night, the Lord God appeared to Solomon in a dream and told Solomon to make a request. Solomon asked the Lord God to give him wisdom, knowledge, and an understanding heart to judge the Israelites. The Lord God spoke to Solomon and gave Solomon a wise and an understanding heart, riches, wealth, honor, and the possibility of long life. During the 4th year of Solomon's 40-year reign, Solomon began building the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, the royal city. King Hiram, ruler of Tyre, sent Solomon trees from Lebanon, according to Solomon's request. Seven years after the foundation of the temple was laid, the workers finished building the temple, and each sacred item was put in its proper place. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Solomon was the wisest man, spoke 3,000 proverbs, spoke knowledgeably about trees and wildlife, received 120 talents of gold from Hiram, plus at least another 420-450 talents of gold, and regularly received an abundance of silver and gold from other foreign kings and visitors, and silver and gold were abundant in Jerusalem during Solomon's reign. The queen of Sheba visited Solomon and gave him an estimated 4 tons of gold. However, Solomon was married to 700 idol worshiping princesses from other kingdoms and began worshiping their idols. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites. After Rehboam gave a specific answer, the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city, and Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. Less than 200 years after Jeroboam's son Nadab became the 2nd king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Zedekiah (Mattaniah) was the 19th king to rule Judah. During the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah, the tribe of David and his descendants, all of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. While teaching his disciples and other listeners, Jesus spoke of Solomon. When Jesus was answering a group of scribes and Pharisees, Jesus spoke of the queen of the south, widely recognized as the queen of Sheba.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah 39:1-18, 52:1-34, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
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