{"id":2564,"date":"2022-08-26T09:27:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/temtube.com\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2022-08-26T09:27:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T09:27:52","slug":"1-kings-10-and-mark-835","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/temtube.com\/?p=2564","title":{"rendered":"1 Kings 10 and Mark 8:35"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-subscribe-bar-container\"><div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 Kings 10 and Mark 8:35\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2HZuXyy6RB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2HZuXyy6RB4\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2HZuXyy6RB4<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"youtube-subscribe-bar\" style=\"color: #ffffff;background-color: #1b1b1b;\">\n\t\t\t<div>Please consider subscribing to my YouTube Channel<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscribe_embed?usegapi=1&amp;channelid=UCAxkC8h9g4fhxldTECUgIsg&amp;layout=default&amp;theme=default&amp;count=default&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftemtube.com%2F\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1 Kings 10 The queen of Sheba heard about Solomon and his connection with the Name of God. She came to put his reputation to the test by asking tough questions. She made a grand and showy entrance into Jerusalem\u2014camels loaded with spices, a huge amount of gold, and precious gems. She came to Solomon and talked about all the things that she cared about, emptying her heart to him. Solomon answered everything she put to him\u2014nothing stumped him. When the queen of Sheba experienced for herself Solomon\u2019s wisdom and saw with her own eyes the palace he had built, the meals that were served, the impressive array of court officials and sharply dressed waiters, the lavish crystal, and the elaborate worship extravagant with Whole-Burnt-Offerings at the steps leading up to The Temple of God, it took her breath away. 6-9She said to the king, \u201cIt\u2019s all true! Your reputation for accomplishment and wisdom that reached all the way to my country is confirmed. I wouldn\u2019t have believed it if I hadn\u2019t seen it for myself; they didn\u2019t exaggerate! Such wisdom and elegance\u2014far more than I could ever have imagined. Lucky the men and women who work for you, getting to be around you every day and hear your wise words firsthand! And blessed be God, your God, who took such a liking to you and made you king. Clearly, God\u2019s love for Israel is behind this, making you king to keep a just order and nurture a God-pleasing people.\u201d 10She then gave the king four and a half tons of gold, and also sack after sack of spices and expensive gems. There hasn\u2019t been a cargo of spices like that since that shipload the queen of Sheba brought to King Solomon. 11-12The ships of Hiram also imported gold from Ophir along with tremendous loads of fragrant sandalwood and expensive gems. The king used the sandalwood for fine cabinetry in The Temple of God and the palace complex, and for making harps and dulcimers for the musicians. Nothing like that shipment of sandalwood has been seen since. 13King Solomon for his part gave the queen of Sheba all her heart\u2019s desire\u2014everything she asked for, on top of what he had already so generously given her. Satisfied, she returned home with her train of servants. * * * 14-15Solomon received twenty-five tons of gold in tribute annually. This was above and beyond the taxes and profit on trade with merchants and assorted kings and governors. 16-17King Solomon crafted two hundred body-length shields of hammered gold\u2014seven and a half pounds of gold to each shield\u2014and three hundred smaller shields about half that size. He stored the shields in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. 18-20The king built a massive throne of ivory accented with a veneer of gold. The throne had six steps leading up to it, its back shaped like an arch. The armrests on each side were flanked by lions. Lions, twelve of them, were placed at either end of the six steps. There was no throne like it in any of the surrounding kingdoms. 21King Solomon\u2019s chalices and tankards were made of gold and all the dinnerware and serving utensils in the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold\u2014nothing was made of silver; silver was considered common and cheap. 22The king had a fleet of ocean-going ships at sea with Hiram\u2019s ships. Every three years the fleet would bring in a cargo of gold, silver, and ivory, and apes and peacocks. 23-25King Solomon was wiser and richer than all the kings of the earth\u2014he surpassed them all. People came from all over the world to be with Solomon and drink in the wisdom God had given him. And everyone who came brought gifts\u2014artifacts of gold and silver, fashionable robes and gowns, the latest in weapons, exotic spices, and horses and mules\u2014parades of visitors, year after year. 26-29Solomon collected chariots and horses: fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horses! He stabled them in the special chariot cities as well as in Jerusalem. The king made silver as common as rocks and cedar as common as the fig trees in the lowland hills. His horses were brought in from Egypt and Cilicia, specially acquired by the king\u2019s agents. Chariots from Egypt went for fifteen pounds of silver and a horse for about three and three-quarters pounds of silver. Solomon carried on a brisk horse-trading business with the Hittite and Aramean royal houses. Mark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2HZuXyy6RB4&amp;t=515s\">8:35<\/a> Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, \u201cAnyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You\u2019re not in the driver\u2019s seat; I am. Don\u2019t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I\u2019ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? 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