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The Apex of the Kingdom and the Seeds of Decline
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Shalumoh concerning the name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, she came to prove him with hard questions.
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And she came to Yarushalayim with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Shalumoh, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
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And Shalumoh told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
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The Overwhelming of the Terrestrial Senses
And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Shalumoh's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
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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 unto the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄; there was no more spirit in her.
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The Confession of the Gentile Monarch
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."
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"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."
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"Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom."
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"Blessed be 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 thy Alahiym, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Yashar'al: because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 loved Yashar'al for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice."
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The Royal Exchange of Wealth
And she gave the king a 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 Shalumoh.
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The Fleet of Hiram
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
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And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
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And king Shalumoh gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Shalumoh gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
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The Tipping Point of the Matrix (666 Talents)
Now the weight of gold that came to Shalumoh in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
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Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
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The Shields of Beaten Gold
And king Shalumoh made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
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And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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The Ivory Throne of Judgment
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
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The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
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And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
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The Devaluation of Silver
And all king Shalumoh's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Shalumoh.
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The Global Tarshish Fleet
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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The Zenith of Earthly Dominion
So king Shalumoh exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
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And all the earth sought to Shalumoh, to hear his wisdom, which Alahiym had put in his heart.
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And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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The Multiplication of the Chariots
And Shalumoh gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Yarushalayim.
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And the king made silver to be in Yarushalayim as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
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The Reconnection to the Mitzrite Matrix
And Shalumoh had horses brought out of Mitzrayim, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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And a chariot came up and went out of Mitzrayim for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.