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Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:

And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.

And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.

And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.

And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab.

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife"s name was Maachah:

These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.

And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.

And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.

And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.