Gen Z: 2 Chronicles 9
1When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon's clout, she rolled up to flex her questions in Jerusalem, with a whole squad and camels packed with spices, gold, and bling. She hit up Solomon and spilled everything on her mind.
2Solomon answered all her questions, no cap; nothing was off-limits.
3After the queen peeped Solomon's wisdom and the dope palace he built,
4She checked out the spread on his table, the way his crew vibed, and how his ministers were dressed; even his cupbearers were on point, and she was shook.
5She told the king, "For real, I heard the tea about your deeds and wisdom back home, and it was all true."
6But I was sus until I saw it myself; half the greatness of your wisdom was still on the low. You’re even more goated than I thought!
7Your guys are blessed, and your servants who chill with you and soak up your wisdom are lucky too.
8Big ups to the Lord your God for putting you on the throne, king for Him; since your God loves Israel and wants to keep them lit forever, He made you king to dish out justice.
9She gifted the king 120 talents of gold, mad spices, and precious stones; no other spice could match what queen Sheba brought to Solomon.
10The crew of Huram and Solomon’s squad brought gold from Ophir, plus some sweet trees and precious stones.
11The king flexed and made some lit terraces outta algum trees for the Lord's house and his palace, plus harps and psalteries for the singers: nothing like that was ever seen in Judah, fr.
12King Solomon hooked up the queen of Sheba with everything she wanted, no cap, on top of what she brought him. Then she bounced back to her own land with her crew.
13So like, in one year, Solomon stacked up six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold; that’s a whole vibe.
14Plus what the traders and merchants brought in. All the Arabian kings and local big shots brought gold and silver to Solomon, straight up.
15Solomon crafted two hundred targets outta beaten gold: each one cost six hundred shekels of gold.
16He also made three hundred shields from beaten gold: three hundred shekels went into each shield. The king kept them in the house of the forest of Lebanon, periodt.
17The king made a dope throne outta ivory and covered it in pure gold, that throne was goated.
18There were six steps to the throne, with a gold footstool attached, and two lions flexing on each side of the seat.
19Twelve lions were chilling on either side of the six steps. Nothing like that was made in any kingdom, no cap.
20All of Solomon's drinking vessels were gold, and the stuff in the house of the forest of Lebanon was pure gold too; silver wasn't even a thing during Solomon's reign.
21The king's ships were vibin' to Tarshish with Huram's crew: every three years, they pulled up with gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and peacocks.
22King Solomon was flexin' on all the kings with his wealth and wisdom, no cap.
23All the kings were tryna chill with Solomon to soak up the wisdom that God dropped in his heart.
24They brought gifts for the king: silver and gold stuff, clothes, gear, spices, horses, and mules, like a yearly subscription.
25Solomon had mad stalls for horses and chariots, like 4,000 of 'em, plus 12,000 horsemen, poppin' off in the chariot cities and in Jerusalem.
26He ruled over all the kings from the river to the Philistines and even to the border of Egypt, straight up.
27The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar trees were everywhere like sycamores in the low lands, fr.
28They brought Solomon horses from Egypt and all over the place, no doubt.
29The rest of Solomon's moves, from start to finish, are they not in the book of Nathan the prophet and the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, plus Iddo the seer's visions against Jeroboam, son of Nebat?
30Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years, periodt.
31Solomon took a long nap with his fam, got buried in David's hood, and then his son Rehoboam popped off as king.