2 Chronicles 9:1-6

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Visit of the Queen of Sheba

9 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with riddles. She was accompanied by a very large number of attendants, with camels bearing spices (balsam oil) and a large amount of gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she talked with him about all that was on her mind. ² Solomon ^[a]answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from him which he did not make clear to her. ³ So when the queen of Sheba saw the [depth of] Solomon’s wisdom, and the house which he had built, ⁴ and the food of his table, the [vast] seating order of his officials, the attendance and service of his ministers and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and his ^[b]stairway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, she was breathless. ⁵ She said to the king, “The report which I heard in my own land regarding your [accomplishments and your] words and your wisdom was true, ⁶ but I did not believe the reports until I came and saw it with my own eyes. Behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told to me; you have surpassed the report that I heard.