Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .ix. Chapter.
¶ The communicacyon of Salomon wyth the quene
of Saba, and the gyftes that the one gaue the other.
The deeth of Salomon, after whom succeadeth
Rehoboam.
A And note wh&abar; the quene of Saba hearde
of the same of Salomon, she came to
proue hym in harde questions at Ierusalem,
with a very great company, with
camelles that bare spices ∧ plentye of golde
and precyouse stones. And when she was
come to Salom&obar;, she commoned with hym
of all that she had in her herte. And Salomon
foyled her, all her questions, and there
was not one worde hyd from Salomon,
whych he tolde her not.
And when the quene of Saba had sene the
wysdome of Salom&obar; and the house that he
had buylte, and the meate of hys table, the
syttynge of his serua&ubar;tes, and the standing
of his wayters, theyr apparell, hys buttelars,
theyr apparell, hys goynge vp, by the
whych he went into the house of the Lorde,
ther was nomore sprete in her.
B And she sayde to the kynge: the sayenge
which I heard in myne awne l&abar;de, of thyne
actes, &abar;d of thy wysdome, is true. I beleued
not þe; wordes of th&ebar;, vntyll I came, ∧ myne
eyes had sene it. And beholde, the one halfe
of thy wysdome was not tolde me: for thou
exceadest þe; fame that I hearde. Happye are
thy men, and happy are these thy serua&ubar;tes
which stande before the alwaye, ∧ heare thy
wysedome. Blessed be the Lorde thy God,
which had lust to the, to set the kynge on his
seat, that thou myghtest be kyng, ordeyned
by the Lorde thy God. Because thy God loueth
Israell, and hath delyte to make them
contynue euer, therfore made he the kynge
ouer them to do ryght and equyte.
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Salomon
C And she gaue the kyng an hundred ∧ .xx.
talentes of golde, and of spyces exceadynge
great abundaunce and preciouse stones, nether
was there any more soche spyce, as the
quene of Saba gaue kyng Salomon. And
the seruauntes of Hiram and the serua&ubar;tes
of Salomon which brought golde from Ophir,
brought also &rhand; Algume wood &abar;d preciouse
stones. And the kyng made of the Algume
wood, steyres in the house of the Lorde
and in the kynges palace, and harpes and
psalteries for syngers. And there was no
soch wood sene before in the lande of Iuda.
And kynge Salomon gaue to the quene of
Saba euery pleasaunt thing that she asked
but not so moche as she brought vnto the
kyng. And so she turned and went awaye to
her awne lande with her seruauntes.
D The weyght of golde that came to Salomon
in one yere, was syxe hundred .lxvi. talentes
of golde, besydes that which chapm&ebar;
and marchauntes brought: and all the kynges
of Arabia and rulers of that countrey,
brought gold and syluer to Salomon. And
kynge Salomon made two hundred bucklers
of beaten golde, and .vi. hundred sycles
of beaten gold were spent vp&obar; one bucklar:
and thre hundred shyldes made he of beaten
gold, and one shylde cost thre hundred peces
of golde, and the king put them in the house
that was in the forest of Libanon.
And the kynge made a great seat of Iuorie,
∧ ouerlayde it with pure golde. Another
were syxe steppes to the seate wyth a fote
stole of golde fastened to the seate: and pomelles
on eche syde of the syttynge place, &abar;d
two lyons standynge by the pomelles.
E And
xii. lyons stode on the one syde and on the other:
vp&obar; the syxe steppes, so that there was
no soche worke made in any kyngdome.
And all the drynckinge vesselles of kyng
Salomon were of golde, and all the vessels
of the house that was in the forest of Libanon,
were of precious golde: for syluer was
counted nothynge worthe in the dayes of
Salomon. For the kynges shyppes wente
to Tharsis wyth the seruauntes of Hiram:
euery thre yeare once came the shyppes to
Tharsis, and brought golde, syluer, Iuorie
and apes and pecockes.
F noteAnd kyng Salomon passed all the kynges
of the earth in rychesse and wysedome.
And all the kynges of the earth sought the
presence of Salom&obar;, to heare his wysdome
that God had put in hys herte: And they
brought euery man his present: vesselles of
syluer, and vesselles of golde, rayment, harnesse
spyces, horses and mules, and whatsoeuer
myght be gotten, yeare by yeare.
noteAnd Salomon had foure thousande stalles
for horses and charettes, ∧ twelue thousande
horsemen, whom he bestowed in the
Rehoboam
charet cyties, ∧ some were with the kyng at
Ierusal&ebar;. And he raygned ouer all the kynges
that were fr&obar; Euphrates vnto the l&abar;de
of the Philistines, &abar;d to the border of Egipt.
note
G And the kynge made syluer in Ierusalem
as plenteous as stones, and Cedar trees as
plenteous, as the mulbery trees that growe
in þe; valleyes. And they brought vnto Salom&obar;
horses out of Egypt, ∧ out of al l&abar;des.
noteThe rest of the actes of kyng Salomon,
fyrst and last, are they not writt&ebar; in the sayenges
of Nathan the Prophete, and in the
prophesye of Ahiah the Silonite, and in the
visions of Iedo the sear of visions, agaynst
Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat? And Salomon
raygned in Ierusalem vpon all Israel
fourtye yeares. And Salomon slepte wyth
hys fathers, and they buryed hym in the cytie
of Dauid his father, and Rehoboam his
sonne raygned in his steade.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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