3 Kingdoms 10

Old Testament · Brenton Septuagint with Greek parallel

3 Kingdoms 10

1And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.Καὶ βασίλισσα Σαβὰ ἤκουσε τὸ ὄνομα Σαλωμὼν καὶ τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου, καὶ ἦλθε πειράσαι αὐτὸν ἐν αἰνίγμασι.

2And she came to Jerusalem with a very great * train; and there came camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.Καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἐν δυνάμει βαρείᾳ σφόδρα· καὶ κάμηλοι αἴρουσαι ἡδύσματα καὶ χρυσὸν πολὺν σφόδρα καὶ λίθον τίμιον· καὶ εἰσῆλθε πρὸς Σαλωμὼν, καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ πάντα ὅσα ἦν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτῆς.

3And Solomon † answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.Καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῇ Σαλωμὼν πάντας τοὺς λόγους αὐτῆς· οὐκ ἦν λόγος παρεωραμένος παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως, ὃν οὐκ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῇ.

4And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,Καὶ εἶδε βασίλισσα Σαβὰ πᾶσαν τὴν φρόνησιν Σαλωμὼν, καὶ τὸν οἶκον ὃν ᾠκοδόμησε,

5and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cupbearers, and his whole burnt offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was ‡ utterly amazed.καὶ τὰ βρώματα Σαλωμὼν, καὶ τὴν καθέδραν παίδων αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν στάσιν λειτουργῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν ἱματισμὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοὺς οἰνοχόους αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν αὐτοῦ ἣν ἀνέφερεν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου, καὶ ἐξ ἑαυτῆς ἐγένετο·

6And she said to king Solomon, It was a true report which I heard in my land of your § words and your wisdom.Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Σαλωμὼν, ἀληθινὸς ὁ λόγος ὃν ἤκουσα ἐν τῇ γῇ μου περὶ τοῦ λόγου σου καὶ περὶ τῆς φρονήσεώς σου.

7But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: you have ** exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.Καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευσα τοῖς λαλοῦσί μοι, ἕως ὅτου παρεγενόμην καὶ ἑωράκασιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου· καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ εἰσὶ τὸ ἥμισυ καθὼς ἀπήγγειλάν μοι· προστέθεικας ἀγαθὰ πρὸς αὐτὰ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀκοὴν ἣν ἤκουσα ἐν τῇ γῇ μου.

8Blessed are your wives, blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually, who hear all your wisdom.Μακάριαι αἱ γυναῖκές σου, μακάριοι οἱ παῖδές σου οὗτοι οἱ παρεστηκότες ἐνώπιόν σου διόλου, οἱ ἀκούοντες πᾶσαν τὴν φρόνησίν σου.

9Blessed be the Lord your God, who has taken pleasure in you, to set you upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish him for ever; and he has made you king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.Γένοιτο Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου εὐλογημένος, ὃς ἠθέλησεν ἐν σοὶ δοῦναί σε ἐπὶ θρόνου Ἰσραὴλ, διὰ τὸ ἀγαπᾷν Κύριον τὸν Ἰσραὴλ στῆσαι εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· καὶ ἔθετό σε βασιλέα ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, τοῦ ποιεῖν κρίμα ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἐν κρίμασιν αὐτῶν.

10And she gave to Solomon one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and †† precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.Καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι τάλαντα χρυσίου, καὶ ἡδύσματα πολλὰ σφόδρα, καὶ λίθον τίμιον· οὐκ ἐληλύθει κατὰ τὰ ἡδύσματα ἐκεῖνα ἔτι εἰς πλῆθος, ἃ ἔδωκε βασίλισσα Σαβὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ Σαλωμών.

11And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones.Καὶ ἡ ναῦς Χιρὰμ ἡ αἴρουσα τὸ χρυσίον ἐκ Σουφὶρ, ἤνεγκε ξύλα πελεκητὰ πολλὰ σφόδρα καὶ λίθον τίμιον.

12And the king made the hewn timber into buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day.Καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰ ξύλα τὰ πελεκητὰ ὑποστηρίγματα τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ νάβλας καὶ κινύρας τοῖς ᾠδοῖς· οὐκ ἐληλύθει τοιαῦτα ξύλα ἀπελέκητα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὐδὲ ὤφθησάν που ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

13And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatever she asked, besides all that he had given her ‡‡ by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.Καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν ἔδωκε τῇ βασιλίσσῃ Σαβὰ πάντα ὅσα ἠθέλησεν, ὅσα ᾐτήσατο, ἐκτὸς πάντων ὧν ἐδεδώκει αὐτῇ διὰ χειρὸς τοῦ βασιλέως Σαλωμών· καὶ ἀπεστράφη, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτῆς αὐτὴ, καὶ πάντες οἱ παῖδες αὐτῆς.

14And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.Καὶ ἦν ὁ σταθμὸς τοῦ χρυσίου τοῦ ἐληλυθότος τῷ Σαλωμὼν ἐν ἐνιαυτῷ ἑνὶ, ἑξακόσια καὶ ἑξηκονταὲξ τάλαντα χρυσίου,

15Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the country beyond the river, and of the princes of the land.χωρὶς τῶν φόρων τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων καὶ τῶν ἐμπόρων καὶ πάντων τῶν βασιλέων τοῦ πέραν καὶ τῶν σατραπῶν τῆς γῆς.

16And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.Καὶ ἐποίησε Σαλωμὼν τριακόσια δόρατα χρυσᾶ ἐλατά· τριακόσιοι χρυσοῖ ἐπῆσαν ἐπὶ τὸ δόρυ τὸ ἕν·

17And three hundred §§ shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.Καὶ τριακόσια ὅπλα χρυσᾶ ἐλατά· καὶ τρεῖς μναῖ ἐνῆσαν χρυσοῦ εἰς τὸ ὅπλον τὸ ἕν· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰ ὁ βασιλεὺς εἰς οἶκον δρυμοῦ τοῦ Λιβάνου.

18And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold.Καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς θρόνον ἐλεφάντινον μέγαν, καὶ περιεχρύσωσεν αὐτὸν χρυσίῳ δοκίμῳ.

19The throne had six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the side-pieces,Ἓξ ἀναβαθμοὶ τῷ θρόνῳ, καὶ προτομαὶ μόσχων τῷ θρόνῳ ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, καὶ χεῖρες ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν ἐπὶ τοῦ τόπου τῆς καθέδρας, καὶ δύο λέοντες ἑστηκότες παρὰ τὰς χεῖρας,

20and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any other kingdom.καὶ δώδεκα λέοντες ἑστῶτες ἐκεῖ ἐπὶ τῶν ἓξ ἀναβαθμῶν ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν· οὐ γέγονεν οὕτως πάσῃ βασιλείᾳ.

21And all the vessels made by Solomon were of gold, and the lavers were golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of *** pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.Καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ Σαλωμὼν γεγονότα χρυσᾶ, καὶ λουτῆρες χρυσοῖ, καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη οἴκου δρυμοῦ τοῦ Λιβάνου χρυσίῳ συγκεκλεισμένα. οὐκ ἦν ἀργύριον, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν λογιζόμενον ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Σαλωμών·

22For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram: one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, laden with gold and silver, and ††† wrought stones, and hewn stones. This was the arrangement of the ‡‡‡ provision which king Solomon fetched to build the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, and the wall of Jerusalem, and the citadel; to fortify the city of David, and Assur, and Magdal, and Gazer, and Baethoron the upper, and Jethermath, and all the cities of the chariots, and all the cities of the horsemen, and the §§§ fortification of Solomon which he purposed to build in Jerusalem and in all the land, so that none of the people should rule over him that was left of the Chettite and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Chananite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Gergesite, who were not of the children of Israel, their descendants who had been left with him in the land, whom the children of Israel could not utterly destroy; and Solomon * made them tributaries until this day. But of the children of Israel Solomon made nothing; for they were the warriors, and his servants and rulers, and captains of the third order, and the captains of his chariots, and his horsemen.Ὅτι ναῦς Θαρσὶς τῷ βασιλεῖ Σαλωμὼν ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ μετὰ τῶν νηῶν Χιράμ· μία διὰ τριῶν ἐτῶν ἤρχετο τῷ βασιλεῖ ναῦς ἐκ Θαρσὶς χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου καὶ λίθων τορευτῶν καὶ πελεκητῶν.

22aΑὕτη ἦν ἡ πραγματεία τῆς προνομῆς ἧς ἀνήνεγκαν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον Κυρίου, καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τὸ τεῖχος Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ τὴν ἄκραν, τοῦ περιφράξαι τὸν φραγμὸν τῆς πόλεως Δαυὶδ, καὶ τὴν Ἀσσοὺρ, καὶ τὴν Μαγδὰν, καὶ τὴν Γαζὲρ, καὶ τὴν Βαιθωρὼν τὴν ἀνωτέρω, καὶ τὴν Ἰεθερμὰθ, καὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις τῶν ἁρμάτων, καὶ πάσας τὰς πόλεις τῶν ἱππέων, καὶ τὴν πραγματείαν Σαλωμὼν, ἣν ἐπραγματεύσατο οἰκοδομῆσαι ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ, τοῦ μὴ κατάρξαι αὐτοῦ

22bπάντα τὸν λαὸν τὸν ὑπολελειμμένον ὑπὸ τοῦ Χετταίου καὶ τοῦ Ἀμοῤῥαίου καὶ τοῦ Φερεζαίου καὶ τοῦ Χαναναίου καὶ τοῦ Εὐαίου καὶ τοῦ Ἰεβουσαίου καὶ τοῦ Γεργεσαίου, τῶν μὴ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ὄντων, τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν τὰ ὑπολελειμμένα μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ γῇ, οὓς οὐκ ἐδύναντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀνήγαγεν αὐτοὺς Σαλωμὼν εἰς φόρον ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης·

22cκαὶ ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἔδωκε Σαλωμὼν πρᾶγμα, ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἦσαν ἄνδρες οἱ πολεμισταὶ, καὶ παῖδες αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄρχοντες καὶ τρισσοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἁρμάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἱππεῖς αὐτοῦ.

23And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.Καὶ ἐμεγαλύνθη Σαλωμὼν ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς πλούτῳ καὶ φρονήσει.

24And all the kings of the earth sought the † presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord had put into his heart.Καὶ πάντες βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς ἐζήτουν τὸ πρόσωπον Σαλωμὼν, τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι τῆς φρονήσεως αὐτοῦ ἧς ἔδωκε Κύριος τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ.

25And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.Καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔφερον ἕκαστος τὰ δῶρα, σκεύη χρυσᾶ, καὶ ἱματισμὸν, στακτὴν, καὶ ἡδύσματα, καὶ ἵππους, καὶ ἡμιόνους τὸ κατʼ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐνιαυτῷ.

26And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem: and he ruled over all the kings from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.Καὶ ἦσαν τῷ Σαλωμὼν τέσσαρες χιλιάδες θήλειαι ἵπποι εἰς ἅρματα, καὶ δώδεκα χιλιάδες ἱππέων· καὶ ἔθετο αὐτὰς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι τῶν ἁρμάτων καὶ μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ·

26aκαὶ ἦν ἡγούμενος πάντων τῶν βασιλέων ἀπὸ τοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ ἕως γῆς ἀλλοφύλων καὶ ἕως ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου.

27And the king ‡ made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.Καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸ χρυσίον καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὡς λίθους, καὶ τὰς κέδρους ἔδωκεν ὡς συκαμίνους τὰς ἐν τῇ πεδινῇ εἰς πλῆθος.

28And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen was also out of Egypt, and the king's merchants were of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price.Καὶ ἡ ἔξοδος Σαλωμῶν τῶν ἱππέων καὶ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἐκ Θεκουὲ ἔμποροι τοῦ βασιλέως· καὶ ἐλάμβανον ἐκ Θεκουὲ ἐν ἀλλάγματι.

29And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up thus, even a chariot for one hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for fifty shekels of silver: and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they came out by sea.Καὶ ἀνέβαινεν ἡ ἔξοδος ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἅρμα ἀντὶ ἑκατὸν ἀργυρίου, καὶ ἵππος ἀντὶ πεντήκοντα ἀργυρίου· καὶ οὕτως πᾶσι τοῖς βασιλεῦσι Χεττιῒν, καὶ βασιλεῦσι Συρίας κατὰ θάλασσαν ἐξεπορεύοντο.

Translator's Notes

These notes come from the printed edition of Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX), and record where the Greek differs from the English rendering or admits more than one reading.

• v. 2*Gr. force.
• v. 3†Gr. related to her all her words.
• v. 5‡Or, in ecstasy.
• v. 6§Gr. word.
• v. 7**Gr. added good things to them.
• v. 10††Gr. precious stone.
• v. 13‡‡of his royal bounty, A.V.
• v. 17§§Gr. arms.
• v. 21***Lit. 'shut up with gold,' a frequent phrase in Heb. and Gr. for 'pure gold.' See chap. 6:20.
• v. 22†††Gr. turned.
• v. 22‡‡‡This word more commonly means 'spoil' in the O.T.
• v. 22§§§Gr. work.
• v. 22*Gr. reduced them to tribute.
• v. 24†Gr. face.
• v. 27‡Gr. gave.